Laughing Kookaburra: Profile

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae ssp novaeguineae)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Kingfishers (Coraciiformes)

Family:

Tree Kingfisher (Alcedinidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae ssp novaeguineae)

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Synonym:

Dacelo Gigas

Thank you Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Flinders Ranges, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
What a joke! Big beak, white head & breast, blue wing to grey back.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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