Birds · New here: first heard 19 Sept.
Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
First heard here 19 Sept · last heard today at 3:58am · 2 days in the last year · 2 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Romuald Mikusek, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
Heard here by the park sensor, 92% match
Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.
What to look for
The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are cream-white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar. The territorial call is a distinctive laugh that is often delivered by several birds at the same time, and is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve a jungle setting.
Read more on Wikipedia (Laughing kookaburra)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Sunday 20 September, 1 detections between 3:58am and 3:58am.
| Day | Detections | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sept | 1 | 3:58am | 3:58am | 92% |
| 19 Sept | 1 | 6:20pm | 6:20pm | 87% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.