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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) - Nundah, Brisbane, Australia - June 2024 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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Image description: A kookaburra sitting on a branch in a tree above the photographer. A blurred apartment building is visible in the distance behind the foliage of the tree

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[–] notapantsday 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For me, the coolest thing about them is that they're in the kingfisher family.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

And I just had to look this up to confirm. Neat! They have the look, but I never made the connection. TIL!

The reason I ever looked these birds up in the first place was, funny enough, because of the reason mentioned in the Wikipedia article: "The loud, distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies."