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blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii

orrolmb (inh -)
konkon (minha -)
in Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola
in Pakanh


Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii

The blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii (family ), is a large kingfisher with a streaked head and blue wings and rump. It has a characteristic extended manic laughing call which is well-known in central Cape York woodland.

This kookaburra is more familiar in the western portion of Oykangand and Olkola land than the laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

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