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The Australian 12-m yacht Kookaburra III lost the America's Cup in 1987. [24] The Australia men's national field hockey team is nicknamed after the kookaburra. They were world champions in field hockey in 1986, 2010 and 2014. [25] Australian sports equipment company Kookaburra Sport is named after the bird.
The laughing kookaburra is the largest species of kingfisher, outsizing even the giant kingfisher in body mass. [6] [29] It is a stout, stocky bird 41–47 cm (16–19 in) in length, with a large head, prominent brown eyes, and a long and robust bill. [2]
"Kookaburra" (also known by its first line: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree") is an Australian nursery rhyme and round about the laughing kookaburra. It was written by Marion Sinclair (9 October 1896 – 15 February 1988) in 1932.
Kookaburras are a kingfisher bird that is native to eastern Australia. They’re known specifically for their call, which sounds like a loud cackling or laughter-like sound. While it’s fun to ...
This is a list of Australian bird emblems. Area represented Image Common name ... Laughing kookaburra: Dacelo novaeguineae [3] Northern Territory: Wedge-tailed eagle:
The kookaburra has a call which sounds like laughter. Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests. The black-backed dwarf kingfisher is considered a bad omen by warriors of the Dusun tribe of Borneo.
Loki spotted the kookaburra and was probably ready to go get it! His mom says in the caption that Loki thought that the bird was beautiful, and they really are cool looking birds that sing ...
Steve Irwin's daughter, Bindi, paid tribute to her late father on Thursday by sharing a hilarious video of him breaking up a fight between two kookaburras. In the footage, the iconic ...