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Kookaburra silhouette An artistic shot today to add to my/others kookaburra sightings! This was one of our laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), but small, so probably juvenile.  Alcedinidae,Australia,Aves,Coraciiformes,Dacelo novaeguineae,Geotagged,Laughing Kookaburra,bird,fauna,new south wales,silhouette,spring,terrestrial kingfisher,vertebrate Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Kookaburra silhouette

An artistic shot today to add to my/others kookaburra sightings! This was one of our laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), but small, so probably juvenile.

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  1. Very different but no deneying that is a kookaburra. Posted 5 years 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 Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Apr 12, 2020. Captured Sep 21, 2016 18:00 in 11 Snedden St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/395s
  • ISO320
  • 250mm