Australia Wildlife Series - Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo Novaeguineae - Close-up - Queensland Bird Stock Photo

Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) birds feeding, watching from a tree branch, perched on a clothes hoist in Redland Bay, Queensland Australia – native to eastern Australia, introduced to southwest Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 47 cm in length and weigh around 300 g. The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call. A predator of a wide variety of small animals, the laughing kookaburra typically waits perched on a branch until it sees an animal on the ground and then flies down and pounces on its prey.[3] Its diet includes lizards, insects, worms, snakes, mice and it is known to take goldfish out of garden ponds. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni for websites, print and other media.