kookaburra

     

Kookaburras are very large, (about 17 in/43cm in height) terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia an New Guinea, the name a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, which is onomatopoeic of its call.

Trivia about kookaburra

  • This bird, "laughing jackass", is often heard on soundtracks to represent jungle sounds
  • Bird that's the "bushman's clock" in Australia
  • In a children's song, this bird "sits in the old gum tree"
  • This Australian bird is called the "Bushman's clock" because its laughing cries are heard at dawn & dusk
  • This Australian native, heard here, is also known as the laughing jackass bird
  • Share a laugh with this Aussie bird heard here
  • In an Australian saying, when these birds named for their call "call, the rain will fall"
  • In a children's song, this bird "sits in the old gum tree"
  • Named for its call, this Australian bird is also known as a laughing jackass
  • Unlike a close relative, the blue-winged variety of this Aussie bird doesn't "laugh" but cackles
  • The call of this Australian bird, AKA the laughing jackass, is often used in films & TV to typify jungle sounds

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