Blue Winged Kookaburra by danob
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Description
The kookaburra is the largest member of the kingfisher family and was once called the giant kingfisher. Most kingfishers are brightly coloured—often blue or green—and many of them specialize in diving into streams and ponds to catch fish. The laughing kookaburra, however, is plainly coloured and rarely eats fish!
It has a light beige or white head and breast with brown wings and back. The head has a brown stripe like a mask crossing each eye. The beak is heavy and boat-shaped. The kookaburra’s breast has pale gray, wavy lines, and the outsides of the wings are speckled with pale blue dots. The male laughing kookaburra often has blue above the base of the tail. Both sexes have a rusty red tail with black bars and white tips. The female is slightly larger than the male.
The laughing kookaburra is one of four species of kookaburra (the other three are the blue-winged kookaburra Dacelo leachii as featured in this image, the spangled kookaburra Dacelo tyro, and the rufous-bellied kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud ). I will post these another time.
Thanks for taking time to look and for any comments you care to make.
Comments (53)
StandsInAwe
Great shot of this strange looking bird...
flora-crassella
....stundenlang könnte ich mir Deine wunderschönen Fotos anschauen!
kimariehere
gorgeous kookaburra capture love the upcloness here and how the head seems amlost larger !!wonderful color= BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!
SouthBeachPhoto
Great shot, Daniel! What an unusual looking bird!
doarte
Kookaburra good...beautiful image
Meisiekind
Another stellar image Danny. This fellow has got stunning coloring and you captured him so beautifully! Well done!! xx
romanceworks
Such a sweet bird and love the pov on this shot. CC
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful photo......!!!!!
Alz2008
Great capture, excellent well done, such a beautiful bird..
whtknight
Excellent shot, very interesting bird and thanks for all the Info on this kookaburra!
virginiese
Very beautiful shot and great postwork ! Thanks for the explanations too !
Romia
Beautifull as always... Once again, congratulations with your selection as the May 2008 Gallery of the Month!
kenwas
Such a fine shot!
dragonmuse
Cool.. never really was sure what they looked like :)
jeroni
fantastic capture my friend, excellent image
cryptojoe
Again my friend, you have done a spelendid job of your subject.
aquablue
Stunning bird with a big beak !!!
SapUS59
excellent capture, this is a beautiful bird, great work !!
tizjezzme
Wow, Dan, this is awesome; Looks like he's coming right out of the photograph!
fredster66
Great photo. What a sweet looking little one! :-)
timtripp
beautiful shot!
lil_t
Stunning capture! WOW.. your talent is amazing! Thanks for sharing it! :)
carlx
Very sweet bird and expression!!! Perfect portrait!!!
kansas
Oh such pretty shades of blue. A great photo.
magnus073
Beautiful image Dan, the detail in this photo is breathtaking. Great write up as well
bpclarke
Splendid capture. I like the the slight foreshortening effect on this image. Bunny
KarmaSong
Stupendous bird and capture, it looks as if it is popping out of the surrounding frame. Excellent photograph, Danny!
jocko500
kingfishers we have but I never saw this bird around here. wonderful photo of it
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend,This is gorgeous! Fantastic Photography!!!! A million stars from my***** (Thanks you very much for comments) Happy day. Hug and kiss in Your heart Luminous blesing.Ludy
BorisB
Excellent capture, so close, great!!