Which country is the laughing kookaburra depicted in the picture native to?
The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe.
The laughing kookaburra is native to eastern Australia. It has been introduced into many other areas probably because of its reputation for killing snakes. It occupies dry eucalypt forest, woodland, city parks and gardens. It is monogamous, retaining the same partner for life.
Its diet includes lizards, insects, worms, snakes, mice and it is known to take goldfish out of garden ponds.
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Thor Johnson
It helps to know the song...kookaburra lives in the old gum tree merry merry king of the bush is he
Joy Holbrook
We have a young one comes to visit most afternoons. He sits on our back fence and watches us through the glass doors. He’ll sit there for ages just watching, tilting his head from side to side.
John McLardie
Aye Lilly, there are so many in Europe the skies are black with them, lol.
Debra Coleman
They will also still a sausage off your plate or like my son experienced when he was little, a kookaburra stole the sausage out of his hot dog as he was about to bite it, we were at Taronga Zoo, we laughed so much but had to buy him another hot dog.
jugah
I have one come and sit on my knee while he eats off a spoon. He gets mince plus plain yoghurt mixed so he gets calcium.
Helga U. Williams
The name sounds Aboriginese - definitely native Australian
Chris Baz
John McLardie, that wasn’t the question.
Which country are they “native” to?
Alex Markin
Once I saw the options, I knew it had to be yet another contribution from Lilly. BTW some government leaders are best characterized as laughing kookaburras. So maybe after all Lilly was not all that wrong with her choice of options.
Irene Townsend
Louella Wilson, No chance of eliminating snakes, this is Australia you're talking about, lol
Louella Wilson
Joy Holbrook, I think that Rob is referring to the fact that kookaburras include snake in their diets. So what do they eat now that they have eliminated the snakes. LOL.
Edie Koller
But he laughs in Polish...LOL just kidding
fdeisner
Lily left Japan and is now concentrating on Australia.
Thor Johnson
Joy Holbrook, Joy, we sang similar songs with our dad but I learned that on in school
Joy Holbrook
Thor Johnson, laugh kookaburra, laugh kookaburra, gay your life must be. It was my favourite round to sing with my dad.
Joy Holbrook
Rob Orr, it’s actually our magpies that do that. I’ve never heard of a kookaburra doing it.
ToniP
Why only give one obvious correct answer option. Try Lilly to include other countries around Australia, e.g. New Zealand, PNG.
earlepg
Marianne Frederick Halterman, I've never been a Girl Scout, and I don't know the words, but I sure know of the song.