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BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
Photo: C & D Frith
Australian Tropical
Birds
BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
Dacelo leachii 43 cm
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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.
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In Australia the Blue-winged Kookaburra is
distributed widely in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands.
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It feeds mainly on insects and reptiles, or frogs
when they are abundant.
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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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