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	Laughing Kookaburra
		The Laughing Kookaburra also has a shorter 'koooaa', which is normally given when accompanied by other members of its family group.
		The call of the Blue-winged Kookaburra is coarser than that of the Laughing Kookaburra, and ends somewhat abruptly.
		Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/laughing_kookaburra.htm (428 words)

	Kookaburra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kookaburras, an Australian bird of the kingfisher family, probably wouldn't be happy if they knew what their other name was - the laughing jackass.
		Laughing kookaburras are eastern Australia natives, but have been successfully introduced into the western side of the continent.
		Kookaburras don't hunt for fish much, preferring instead to feast on insects, mice, and small birds and snakes.
	www.exn.ca /AustraliaAnimals/kookaburra.cfm (174 words)

	Kookaburra Gifts for Animal Lovers
		Kookaburras occupy woodland territories in loose family groups, and their laughter serves the same purpose as a great many other bird calls: to demarcate territorial borders.
		Kookaburras hunt much as other kingfishers (or indeed robins) do: by perching on a convenient branch or wire and waiting patiently for prey to pass by: mice and similar-sized small mammals, large insects, lizards, small birds and nestlings, and most famously, snakes.
		The Laughing Kookaburra is a handsome, stocky bird of about 45 cm in length, with a large head, a prominent brown eye, and a very large bill.
	www.junglewalk.com /shop/Kookaburra-gifts.htm (418 words)

	Kookaburra
		Kookaburras, known as the Laughing Jackasses of Australia, are from the family Kingfishers.
		Kookaburras are 17 inches in height, the upper parts dark brown, the wings spotted gray-blue.
		In the wild, Kookaburras are known to be partial to the young of other birds and snakes, as well as insects and small reptiles.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /kookaburra.htm (396 words)

	Birds of Rochedale
		The other Kookaburra is the Laughing Kookaburra or Laughing Jackass as it is also called, which is the largest member of the family.
		Kookaburras are fierce hunters and have keen eyesight, when they catch their prey they will beat it against a log or rock to kill, then pound it with their beak to soften the meat making it easier to eat.
		The Kookaburra eats its prey whole sometimes having to rest for lengths of time waiting for the first half of the animal to be digested so the 2nd half can be swallowed.The Kookaburra will regurgitate food and store it in the nest for future meals.
	www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au /birds/kookaburra.htm (740 words)

	Wildlife Facts - Kookaburras
		Kookaburras have a very famous laughing call which is usually joined by several other birds in chorus and together they can make a deafening noise, especially at dawn and dusk.
		Kookaburras live for 20 years or more in the same family group.
		Kooka is a happy and noisy little kookaburra with the loudest laugh in the bush.
	www.kipandco.com.au /Main/Wildlife/kookaburra.html (146 words)

	Kookaburras - info and games
		Plumage: The male Laughing Kookaburra can be easily distinguished from the female by the blue hues on his wing feathers and darker blue on his tail feathers.
		Hearing kookaburras in full voice is one of the more extraordinary experiences of the Australian bush; something even locals cannot ignore, and that visitors, unless forewarned, can be quite terrified by.
		Kookaburras in the Backyard: The Laughing Kookaburra frequently inhabits suburban gardens and are so accustomed to humans that they will quite often eat out of your hand.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /content/animals/animals/birds/kookaburra.htm (667 words)

	Kookaburra
		Kookaburras, an Australian bird of the kingfisher family, probably wouldn't be happy if they knew what their other name was - the laughing jackass.
		Laughing kookaburras are eastern Australia natives, but have been successfully introduced into the western side of the continent.
		Kookaburras don't hunt for fish much, preferring instead to feast on insects, mice, and small birds and snakes.
	exn.ca /AustraliaAnimals/kookaburra.cfm (174 words)

	Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
		The kookaburra feeds primarily on snakes, lizards, worms, snails, insects, fresh water crayfish, frogs, small birds and rodents.
		Kookaburras are territorial and live in groups of 3 or 4 consisting of a breeding pair and helpers.
		Kookaburras usually nest 30 feet in the air, often in holes in Mountain Gum trees.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Kookaburra.asp (195 words)

	Koala, Kangaroo, Kookaburra,Platypus, Wombat , Emu Page
		The laughing kookaburra, a stocky grayish bird about 46cm long, is the largest member of its family.
		Kookaburras get all the moisture they need from their food; therefore drinking is unnecessary.
		The breeding period of the Kookaburra is from September to January.
	www.perrelink.com.au /koalapages/Kookaburra.htm (252 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Laughing Kookaburra
		The laughing kookaburra also has a white belly, a whitish head, brown wings, a brown back and dark brown eye-stripes.
		Laughing kookaburras are the largest member of the kingfisher family.
		Laughing kookaburras are fairly adaptable in their habitat but they do require forest areas for finding food and nesting.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/coraciiformes/laughing-kookaburra.htm (301 words)

	Laughing Kookaburra - Daintree Birds - North Queensland Birdwatching
		The call is the famous ‘laugh’, a prolonged series of chortles, shrieks, and cackles rising to a crescendo and then gradually fading.
		The Laughing Kookaburra has a large whitish head with brown on the crown and a heavy brown eye stripe.
		Habitat for Laughing Kookaburras in the tropics is open forests, woodlands, riverine rainforest and paperbark swamps.
	www.redmillhouse.com.au /birds/laughing_kookaburra.html (438 words)

	Oakland Zoo: Laughing Kookaburra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At dawn, midday, and dusk it often performs in multiple choruses and is consequently known as the bushman's clock.
		The loud call helps bond members of a family group and lets other kookaburras know that they are approaching their territory.
		The kingfishers are divided into two groups: the true kingfishers that patrol streams, rivers and lakes and the wood kingfishers that live in forests.
	www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azkook.html (522 words)

	Kookaburra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Also known as the Laughing Jackass, is the largest member of the Kingfisher family and the only Kingfisher with the distinctive laugh....
		The Kookaburras nest is usually made in the hollow of a tree with a large opening at the front...if the hole is too small it will often peck it out with its large strong beak to make it big enough.
		The Kookaburra eats its prey whole sometimes having to rest for lengths of time waiting for the first half of the animal to be digested so the 2nd half can be swallowed.....
	www.atlantafooty.com /kookaburra.php (601 words)

	Laughing Kookaburra Facts - National Zoo\| FONZ
		The Kookaburra, at 47 cm tall and 500 grams in weight, is one of the largest members of the kingfisher family.
		The most famous feature of the species is its loud, boisterous "laugh", a repeated "kook-kook-kook-ka-ka-ka" call that rises and falls in volume as family members join in to form a raucous chorus.
		Distribution and Habitat: The Laughing Kookaburra is native to eastern Australia but over the past century it has been introduced and established in other parts of the continent and on off shore islands such as Tasmania.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-giantkingfisher.cfm (533 words)

	Wildlife of Sydney - Fact File - Laughing Kookaburra
		Laughing Kookaburras breed from August to January and are believed to pair for life.
		The nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound.
		Other Laughing Kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous one to two years, act as 'helpers' during the breeding season.
	faunanet.gov.au /wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=345 (187 words)

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		The famouse Australian 'Laughing Kookaburra is the largest of the Kingfisher group of birds.
		The laughing Kookaburra usually nests in a large tree hole.
		Laughing Kookaburras live in woodlands and open forests.
	members.tripod.com /~Cassper/chezy26.htm (253 words)

	Kookaburra - The Laughing Jackass
		The Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas) is a terrestrial kingfisher which lives in the woodland and open forests of Australia and Tasmania.
		Many people around the world are familiar with it thanks to the efforts of Hollywood films which have the kookaburra laugh in the background noise of almost every jungle scene, be it the Amazon or the interior of Africa.
		Kookaburras have even adapted to human presence and some have become tame enough to be hand fed. This laughing jackass is indeed a survivor.
	theaviary.com /bd-051097.shtml (820 words)

	Laughing Kookaburra Audubon Bird with Real Bird Calls by Wild Republic
		When this Laughing Kookaburra is squeezed you will hear the typical Kookaburra pair song.
		The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is actually a giant kingfisher, and the largest in its family.
		Baby kookaburras eat huge amounts of insects, which are delivered by parents and older brothers and sisters.
	www.tableandhome.com /prodgcbgf (147 words)

	Australia Zoo - Our Animals - Animal Diaries
		It is the Laughing Kookaburra whose call is instantly recognisable by all Australians and, yes, it is the Laughing Kookaburra who has a well known children’s song (Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree) written about him.
		Laughing Kookaburras are native to the eastern flank of Australia from Cape York (QLD) to the Eyre Peninsula (SA) and have been introduced to Tasmania, Flinders and Kangaroo Islands, south-west WA as well as New Zealand.
		The Laughing Kookaburra is slightly larger, has a white head with a dark brown line over the crown and distinctive dark brown ‘ear-patches’.
	www.crocodilehunter.com.au /our-animals/animal-diaries/index.php?department=09&month=november&year=2006 (1810 words)

	Nature Feature - Kookaburra
		The Kookaburra has endeared itself to Australians for hundreds of years and has earned several nicknames.There are two species of Kookaburra - the Blue Winged (also known as Leach Kingfisher, Howling Jackass and Barking Jackass) and the Laughing Kookaburra (also known as Giant Kingfisher, Laughing Jackass and Settler's (or Bushman's) Clock).
		The Kookaburra, a member of the kingfisher family, is a sedentary bird inhabiting most kinds of wooded country.
		The extraordinary laughing call of the Kookaburra is usually heard at its strongest in the early morning and at sunset.
	www.australianstamp.com /Coin-web/feature/nature/kookabur.htm (263 words)

	Kookaburra
		Kookaburras eat insects, small snakes, lizards, frogs and fish, as well as earthworms and small birds.
		Kookaburras make a laughing call, most often in the early morning and just before dark.
		An Aboriginal legend says that the kookaburra's laugh is a signal to the sky spirits to light the great fire, the sun, in the morning and to put it out at night.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/kookaburra.htm (333 words)

	Laughing Kookaburra
		Well, a Kookaburra is a stout Australian bird known primarily for its distinctive, rolling call -- one of the most familiar soundsin the animal kingdom.
		Well, we like to think the Laughing Kookaburra is here today to alert wine lovers to a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the very latest wines from South Australia.
		Laughing Kookaburra wines are imported by Keymosabi Wine Group, with all major distribution managed by Alta Marketing.
	www.laughingkookaburrawine.com (357 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Laughing Kookaburra
		The laughing kookaburra is known for the laughing call it makes at dusk and dawn.
		The famous naturalist, John Gould, wrote about the laughing kookaburra, “It rises with the dawn when the woods re-echo with its gurgling laugh; at sunset it is again heard.” Its voice can be heard up to half a mile away.
		The laughing kookaburra is a member of the kingfisher family (Alcedinidae).
	www.jaxzoo.org /things/biofacts/LaughingKookaburra.asp (295 words)

	Plants & Animals: Laughing Kookaburra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Laughing kookaburras were introduced to WA in 1897 from the eastern States and now live here successfully.
		They laugh to advertise the boundaries of their territory, then wait to hear the replies of neighbouring groups.
		STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION: The laughing kookaburra is common.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /plants_animals/odd_kookaburra.html (331 words)

	Laughing Kookaburra
		· The Laughing Kookaburra is endemic to the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia.
		Early in the morning, as the local kookaburra gang rouses us with their own particular salute to the sun, they are telling all other kookaburras within earshot that they have a territory and that they are ready to defend it.
		During this time their parents put them to good use; young laughing kookaburras perform about a third of incubation and brooding duties for the next generation and supply the nestlings with over half of their food.
	birdwatching-australia.com /kookal.html (240 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Fact sheet
		The Laughing Kookaburra is not really laughing when it makes its familiar call.
		The cackle of the Laughing Kookaburra is actually a territorial call to warn other birds to stay away.
		Identification may only be confused where the Laughing Kookaburra's range overlaps that of the Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, in eastern Queensland.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=37 (479 words)

	Kookaburra Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Kookaburra is a large, noisy bird from forests on the islands of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
		The Kookaburra is the largest member of the kingfisher family.
		After catching prey, the Kookaburra pounds it against a tree branch or rock, probably in order to tenderize the meat.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Kookaburraprintout.shtml (213 words)

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