The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts.
Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers
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The laughing kookaburra also has a dark eye band ,which is missing with the blue-winged kookaburra . Amongst other differences the above are the most obvious ones.
Your uploaded image is of a laughing kookaburra. Posted 4 years ago