AUSTRALIA'S KOOKABURRAS. Largest Kingfishers in the world.

Australia is home to 2 of the world’s 5 Kookaburras.
The Laughing Kookaburra is a well know and reasonably common species that is famous for its raucous calls, which could be considered to be similar to human laughter.
They have adapted well to human environments and can be seen in suburban parks. Furthermore, they can become quite tame and in some cases, will feed from the hand.
They are hole nesters and nest in larger holes of gums trees but also large arboreal termite mounds, where they raise between 2-3 young.
They hold breeding territories and are assisted in raising their offspring by other ‘lower-ranked Kookaburras’
This species is the largest Kingfisher species in the world. There are 10 species of Kingfisher in Australia.
The Blue-winged Kingfisher is slightly smaller and inhabits Northern and Western Australia. Their call is a less pleasant guttural call. They are easily separated where the ranges overlap as the Blue-Winged species has a pale plainer head and also has much more blue in the wing and tail.
Both species will prey on Lizards, invertebrates and even small birds.
Neither species are generally associated with Water but on occasions do take prey items from the water’s surface, such as frogs.

[@cindylw5]

Excellent!

[@TimSiggs]

Many thanks!

[@jennypollard8739]

getting to this video late! For some reason, I always find the Kookaburra's to be particularly dapper. Love 'em. Appreciated the map & note overlays on this vid. Thank you, Tim!

[@TimSiggs]

No worries Jenny, so often the common birds are overlooked. Much more to come.

[@brachypelmasmithi2498]

Beautiful bird..and their sound is one of a kind!

[@TimSiggs]

Yes that sound! They are quite the predator too.

[@brachypelmasmithi2498]

@@TimSiggs Yes indeed, I saw them in a zoo. One of them swallowed a whole dead mouse.

[@mewrongway]

That's awesome Tim!! Some people would never get to see these amazing birds and animals if You and others did not share your amazing footage!! THANK YOU

[@mewrongway]

P.S. I never considered Kooks as being Kingfishers. 👍

[@TimSiggs]

@@mewrongway I very much appreciated your support and comments.

[@TimSiggs]

Many thanks again.

[@ChrisGuiver]

Wonderful video, thanks for creating & sharing :)

[@TimSiggs]

Very much appreciated, every comment helps.

[@IntotheWildFilms]

Great Shots Tim, thanks for sharing. I remember seeing my first Blue-winged Kookaburra when I was up at Magnetic Island, before I had time to point my camera at him he was gone. Looking forward to seeing plenty more from your travels. Cheers Phil

[@TimSiggs]

Thanks Phil, much more to come for sure.

[@35andsolid]

Can someone confirm , I read that the strongest in the nest will throw it's siblings out of the nest , so the one survivor is the one we see now .

[@TimSiggs]

I am not aware of this with Kookaburras.