Laughing Kookaburra

[tomorrowstreasures]

Thanks. Actually they are not that little. If my memory is correct, they are the world's largest kingfisher. The beak is about 100mm(4in) long.

dude! that is a seriously big bird!!! he looks so dainty on the branch!

[Mad Aussie]

Very late afternoon obviously there Antz. And yes ... largest of the Kingfisher species.

Seen a lot of these fellas lately on my bike rides.

[casil403]

Nice light in this Antz! They do look like our Kingfishers here...I didn't know they were related!

[tomorrowstreasures]

Nice light in this Antz! They do look like our Kingfishers here...I didn't know they were related!

i had no clue the EXISTED!

[Mad Aussie]

i had no clue the EXISTED!

Actually you probably did. The sounding of the Kookaburra 'laughing' has been used in jungle movies for decades

It's funny though ... we see these birds almost every day, I have photos of them ... yet have never bothered to display them here other than the 2 shots from the WA holiday. Some here might remember the blue wing and me commenting that the cage was too small. You can see those in the 1st post of this thread

Considering they are an icon of Australia we should give them more exposure shouldn't we AntZ?

[AntZ]

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Considering they are an icon of Australia we should give them more exposure shouldn't we AntZ?

Yep. Here is some sound Kookaburra Laughter

[Mad Aussie]

Brilliant. Now all you Yanks and Canucks ... imagine waking to that sound (times about 10 birds) at about 10 mins to daybreak every day and you'll get an idea what living in the Aussie bush can be like! There's no sleeping in!

I imagine you get a lot of that near you huh AntZ?