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Laughing jackass
Dacelo novaeguineae
-37.8995, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
A Dacelo for Hema. <br> A new visitor to our garden this fresh little guy was checking out what all the other birds were doing. <br> We rarely feed the wild birds but this one was convinced that a dangled piece of bacon rind was worth killing and eating so he beat it on the rocks many times to make sure it was dead, and scoffed it. Although he doesn't get fed he now visits regularly to check.
Habitat:
Outer urban back yard.
Notes:
"The laughing kookaburra was first described in western knowledge systems by French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1783, its specific epithet novaeguineae refers to New Guinea. For many years it was known as Dacelo gigas. <br>
The species was previously known as the laughing jackass and giant kingfisher. Its current name comes from Wiradhuri, an Aboriginal language now effectively extinct." - Wikipedia <br>
family: ALCEDINIDAE <br>
subfamily: Halcyoninae <br>
genus: Dacelo <br>
subgenus: Dacelo (Dacelo) <br>
species: Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dacelo+(Dacelo)+novaeguineae# <br>
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