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Species
Least ConcernSpecies
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCoraciiformes
- FamilyAlcedinidae
笑翠鳥（學名：Dacelo novaeguineae）又稱為笑狗魚鴗，是澳大利亚的一种鸟類，鸣声很像人類狂笑的聲音而稱笑翠鸟。笑翠鳥是翠鳥科，腹部灰白交间，長尾，喙大而有力，喜欢吃老鼠以及类似大小的哺乳动物、大昆虫、蜥蜴、小鸟和蛇。
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dacelo
- Mass
- 352.1
- Image
- Kookaburra in a tree on the foreshore of Yorkeys Knob, 2018 02.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Dacelo novaeguineae
- Commons category
- Dacelo novaeguineae
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- Dacelo novaeguineae
- endemic to
- Australia
- litter size
- 2.2
- taxon common name
- Cúcabarra gáiriteach
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Encyclopedic overview
Coloured plate with the incorrect legend that was used by both Johann Hermann and Pieter Boddaert
A laughing kookaburra making a hollow for a nest in an arboreal termite nest The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are cream-white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar. The territorial call is a distinctive laugh that is often delivered by several birds at the same time, and is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve a jungle setting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laughing Kookaburra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.