#0982 · 🐦 birds

Laughing Kookaburra

🇳🇱 Kookaburra ·Dacelo novaeguineae

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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1. © Elliot Blythman · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David McCorquodale · CC BY-NC 4.0
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4. © Jack Morgan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Zweer de Bruin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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10. © Ian D B Moodie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The laughing kookaburra ( Dacelo novaeguineae ) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a dark eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar. The territorial call is a distinctive laugh that is...

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 51,444iNaturalist observations
weight 352.1 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).