4 – Laughing Kookaburra
Details
Name:
4 – Laughing Kookaburra
4 – Laughing Kookaburra
Scientific Name:
Dacelo novaeguineae
Dacelo novaeguineae
Reference Number:
LAY-469b
LAY-469b
Description
Order Coraciiformes; Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) - Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae; Formerly: Dacelo gigas -
Common name: Laughing Kookaburra - Feeding young in the nest in a tree hollow - Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic bird (despite its scientific epithet novaeguineae) widely distributed in eastern states from Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland through eastern half of Queensland and eastern half of New South Wales, throughout Victoria to Eyre Peninsula in southern South Australia – Introduced to: south-western Western Australia, Kangaroo Island in South Australia, Flinders Island in Bass Strait, Tasmania and the northern end of North Island in New Zealand.
Additional Details
Reference Number: | LAY-469b |
Scientific Name: | Dacelo novaeguineae |