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| | Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae
Size: 45cm
Status: Common
Diet: Insects, invertebrates, lizards, occasionally snakes and small birds.
Habitat: Open forests, woodlands and coastal scrub.
Breeding: Two to four white eggs are laid September to January. Nesting takes place in a tree hollow or termite nest.
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| | Laughing Kookaburra
/Laughing+Kookaburra/$File/Laughing+Kookaburra.jpg) The Laughing kookaburra can live up to 20 years and as a result their birth rate is low and they usually pair for life. The laughing bird.
Kookaburras are most famous for their shrieking call which sounds something like wild laughter. Their bill is very large and strong in relation to their small body sixe.
Their brown and white feathers camouflage them perfectly in the woody areas where they live.
Unlike most birds, kookaburras sometimes eat small snakes. |
