KOOKABURRA: The largest member of the “Kingfisher” Family

Australian “Kookaburra” Humboldt County

Belted Kingfisher

Kookaburras are nicknamed “Bushman’s Clock” because they “laugh” early in the morning and right before bedtime.

Kookaburras eat “invertabrates” and small “vertabrates,” like small snakes

Insects, snails, and worms are “invertabrates” because they are animals without backbones.

“Vertabrates” are animals with backbones. Some small vertabrates a kookaburra might eat include small snakes and small fish.

“Gum Tree” is a nickname for a Eucalyptus Tree. Kookaburras are native to the Eucalyptus Forests of Eastern Australia.

Here is a picture of a Kookaburra sitting in “The Ole Gum Tree” in Eastern Australia.

Eucalyptus “Gum Tree”

Here is the Citation for Information on

KookaburrasTaylor, Medford. “Laughing Kookaburra” National Geographic.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/laughing-kookaburra

/ accessed on November 20, 2014