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Laughing Kookaburra

(Dacelo novaeguinea)
Appearance
The Laughing Kookaburra has brown upperparts, with some pale blue on its wings. The tail looks like a tiger's skin. It has a brown back from the wings down. It has a whitish head and a white belly.

Male
The males mostly have patches on their rumps. Their tail is brown and black and the edges are white.

Female
The females have brown rumps; and the head is more yellowish brown.
Voice
Their  voice is like a laugh and that is why they are called the laughing kookaburras.

Nests
Kookaburras build their nests in a flat hollow in a tree or a hole hidden in a river bank. 

Habitat
The Kookaburra lives in open forests, woodlands, in parks and along rivers where there are trees.

Food
The  Laughing Kookaburra eats large insects, lizards frogs and snakes.

by Peter V.


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