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BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA


Photo: C & D Frith
Australian Tropical Birds

BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
Dacelo leachii 43 cm

·      Has a large, cream-white head that is streaked brown. It has a brown back and its
      wings are mostly blue. The rump and tail are also blue on the male, but the female
      has a reddish-brown barred tail.  

·    Differences from Laughing Kookaburra are: blue rump, cream-white head and light
      eye colour.

·         In Australia the Blue-winged Kookaburra is distributed widely in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands.

·         It feeds mainly on insects and reptiles, or frogs when they are abundant.

·         Lives in eucalypt forests and paperbark swamps.

·     Live on a wide variety of prey including snakes, lizards, large insects, small
 mammals and the odd small bird.

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