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Kookaburra These guys have a very load laughing call. A very common and loved bird in Eastern Australia they are known to steal food off picnic tables. You can sometimes hear their distinctive calls in old Tarzan movies even though they don't occur in Africa. Australia,Dacelo novaeguineae,Geotagged,Laughing Kookaburra Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Kookaburra

These guys have a very load laughing call. A very common and loved bird in Eastern Australia they are known to steal food off picnic tables. You can sometimes hear their distinctive calls in old Tarzan movies even though they don't occur in Africa.

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    We just call them Kookaburras in Australia and leave the "laughing" bit out Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago
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    Promoted to homepage! Posted 12 years ago

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The Laughing kookaburra

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.

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Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers
Species identified by argilla
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By argilla

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Uploaded Oct 17, 2012. Captured Aug 30, 2012 12:49 in LOT 26 Phillip St, Thirroul NSW 2515, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/395s
  • ISO200
  • 232mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.