What is Kookaburra?
{{for|the sport equipment company|Kookaburra Sport}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Dacelo novaeguineae waterworks.jpg | image_caption = [[Laughing Kookaburra]] in Tasmania, Australia [[File:LaughingKookaburra.ogg|center|thumb|recorded in south Western Australia]] | taxon = Dacelo | authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1815 }} '''Kookaburras''' are [[bird]]s of the [[genus]] '''''Dacelo''''' and are native to [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]. An adult kookaburra is generally 28–42 [[centimetre]]s from the head to the tip of the tail. == Taxonomy == * Genus ''Dacelo'' ** [[Laughing Kookaburra]] (''Dacelo novaeguineae'') – Native to eastern mainland Australia, introduced to [[Tasmania]], [[Flinders Island]], [[Kangaroo Island]] and [[Western Australia]]. Some were also introduced to [[New Zealand]] between [[1866]] and [[1880]]; but only those that were freed by Sir [[George Grey]] on [[Kawau Island]] are still there today. ** [[Blue-winged Kookaburra]] (''Dacelo leachii'') – Native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. ** [[Spangled Kookaburra]] (''Dacelo tyro'') – Found only on the [[Aru Islands]] and [[Trans Fly savanna and grasslands]] of southern New Guinea. ** [[Rufous-bellied Kookaburra]] (''Dacelo gaudichaud'') – Widely distributed through forests of lowland New Guinea and has also been seen on [[Saibai Island]] in [[Queensland]]. == Life == Kookaburras usually eat small animals: small [[mammal]]s (like [[mouse|mice]]), [[insect]]s, small birds, [[lizard]]s and [[snake]]s. Kookaburras usually live in family groups. Young kookaburras help their parents to hunt and care for the smaller children. Kookaburras are well known for their loud call, which sounds a bit like human [[laughter]]. Kookaburras use their calling to show others what is their land. {{biology-stub}} {{wikispecies|Dacelo}} {{commonscat|Dacelo}} [[Category:Coraciiformes]] [[Category:Birds of Australia]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]]