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. The laughing kookaburra got its common name from the loud territorial sound that it makes. In many of the old Tarzan movies, the jungle sounds were often recordings of the laughing kookaburra call, which lives nowhere near Africa.Laughing kookaburras are the largest member of the kingfisher family.

Lifespan: more than 20 years

Animal Sounds: cackling laugh

Conservation Status: Least Concern

Scientific Name: Dacelo novaeguineae

Mass: 11 oz (Adult)

Higher Classification: Kookaburra