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Wikipedia: Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are large to very large (total length 28–42 cm/11–17 in) terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, the name a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, which is onomatopoeic of its call. The single member of the genus Clytoceyx, while commonly referred to as the Shovel-billed Kookaburra, is not treated in this article. Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call, which is uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter — good-natured, but rather hysterical, merriment in the case of the well-known Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae); and maniacal cackling in the case of the slightly smaller Blue-winged Kookaburra (D. leachii).
![[Laughing Kookaburra perched on a Silver Wattle in Tasmania]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dacelo_novaeguineae_waterworks_s.jpg "Laughing Kookaburra perched on a Silver Wattle in Tasmania")
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![[Spangled Kookaburra]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Spangled_Kookaburra_s.jpg "Spangled Kookaburra")
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![[Three newly hatched Laughing Kookaburra chicks]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Newly_hatched_chicks_of_Australian_Laughing_Kookaburra_s.jpg "Three newly hatched Laughing Kookaburra chicks")
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![[Laughing Kookaburra with barbecue meat scraps]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kookaburrawithfood_s.jpg "Laughing Kookaburra with barbecue meat scraps")
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![[A Laughing Kookaburra with a frog in its beak in Sydney, Australia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dacelo_novaeguineae_Sydney_2C_Australia_frog_in_beak_8_s.jpg "A Laughing Kookaburra with a frog in its beak in Sydney, Australia")
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![[An albino kookaburra]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Albinok_s.jpg "An albino kookaburra")
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