Iconic Kingfisher With Laugh

Kookaburra Known as the bushman's alarm clock, because it has very loud laughing call. A kookaburra can vocalize in it's family group at dawn and dusk. The call of kookaburra start and end with low chuckle and shrieking ''laugh'' in it's middle. Kookaburra is also a great fisher because they have long beak and great ability of fishing.

Kookaburra's Habitat

The main habitat of kookaburra is Australia that's why they are also known as Austalia's kingfisher. Kookaburra live in sclerophyll woodlands and in open forests. They can occur in almost any area with trees big enough to contain their nests and open patches with sufficient hunting area. They also like to live near seas lakes and pond's because they like fishes. They were great fish keepers. They were also known as ''Kingfishers''.

Kookaburra Laughing Call

Kookaburra known for their distinctive laughing call. Their call is very loud that is fierced and threatened. Laughing kookaburra native to eastern Australia makes very familiar sound call which is like raucous laughing. Their call is used to establish territory among family groups, most often at dawn and dusk. One bird starts with a low hicupping chuckle, then throws its head back and made racous laugh.

Kookaburra's distinctive call only be heares at sun set and sun rise. They have six different calls each have different signal to their family or group. The call of kookaburra is a mixture of crackling (laughing), chuckles and hoots.

Fishing Ability

The laughing kookaburra is the largest member of king fisher family. The beak of kookaburra is about 4 inche's in length. They are carnivourse and hunt a variety of vertibrates and invertibrates. They have very impressive tricks of fishing, but they only caught small fishes.

King fiher's are found all over the world but kookaburra had aggressive and very trained that's why they were called king of fisher. They were also known as giant fishers.

Breeding

Kookaburras' breed from September to January. They create nest in any hole that is enough to fit an adult. Usually they make nest in tree hollow. The female lay between one and four round white eggs in nest which she incubates for 24 days. During mating season, kookaburra induldge in special behaviour similar to wattlebird's. The adopts a begging posture and vocalize like a young bird. Then male offer her his current catch accompanied with an ''oo oo oo'' sound. Kookaburra stay with their family for several year. They mate for their life and built their nest in hollows of trees.