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Birds · Coraciiformes · Alcedinidae
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The blue-winged kookaburra is the kookaburra of tropical northern Australia and southern New Guinea, smaller than the laughing kookaburra and with intensely blue wings and, in the male, a blue tail. Like all the giant Australian kingfishers it hunts from a perch, dropping onto reptiles, large insects, rodents and other birds, and beats its prey against the branch before swallowing it. It lives in family groups with cooperative breeding.
Weight
284 g – 334 g
Size
38 cm – 42 cm
Life expectancy
15 years
