Kookaburra



Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea.





Species
All kookaburras are sexually dimorphic, but this is only obvious in the Blue-winged and the Rufous-bellied, where males have blue tails, females rufous.
 * Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud). (southern New Guinea, Saibai island)
 * Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro). (Aru Islands, southern New Guinea)
 * Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii). (northern Australia, southern New Guinea)
 * Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). (native to eastern Australia, introduced to southwest Australia)