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Laughing kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae  Australia,Dacelo novaeguineae,Eamw birds,Geotagged,Laughing kookaburra,Phylidonyris novaehollandiae,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

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  1. Nice shot Ernst! The name of the bird is nailing it. Fun to hear it! Posted one year ago
    1. Thanks Alexander and you can hear them often very early in the morning . Posted one year ago

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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.

Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded Jul 19, 2024. Captured Oct 7, 2017 21:56 in 154 Island Point Rd, St Georges Basin NSW 2540, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/332s
  • ISO1600
  • 250mm