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Kookaburras are large to very large Tree Kingfishers in the family Halcyonidae. While the Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaegineae is named for its laughing call, in this silent still every picture showed it with its mouth open like it was constantly laughing. It is a carnivorous bird in the kingfisher (tree or wood kingfishers) family and alike all kingfishers it sits on a branch waiting for its prey to show itself. Its range is Western Australia and New Zealand (see map).

The Kookaburras are in two different genera, Dacelo consisting of four species:

Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii
Spangled Kookaburra, Dacelo tyro
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Dacelo gaudichaud

And Clytoceyx with one species:
Shovel-billed Kookaburra, Clytoceyx rex

To hear its laugh go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Kookaburra
And under Call click the arrow.

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