A very large Australasian kingfisher that feeds on terrestrial prey such as reptiles and birds.
Genus Dacelo, family Alcedinidae: two species, in particular the laughing kookaburra or laughing jackass (D. novaeguineae), which has a loud cackling call.
Here and there the raucous laughter of the kookaburra seemed to mock our attempt....
A kookaburra flies between the clusters of trees with buoyant, floating wing beats.
The yammering kookaburra, usually so talkative, was silent, for he too was fast asleep.