Habitat: Inhabit open woodlands, forests, orchards, parkland partially timbered farmland, and even suburbs and towns.

Diet: They are carnivores consuming large insects, lizards, snakes, amphibians, small mammals, birds, and occasionally fish.

Reproduction: The Kookaburra's nest is usually 30 feet high in the air and is typically found in a hole in the Mountain Gum Tree. The female lays between two and four pure white eggs, usually one day apart. The incubation period lasts 24-26 days. When hatched, the chicks are naked and blind, but are generally the same size as the adult. However, both their beaks and tails are shorter than those of the adults. Their beaks are black when born, but as the first three months elapse they turn a bone color. Additionally, their plumage tends to be darker when the young are first hatched because it is new, but it lightens in the first six months. Sexual maturity and adulthood are reached at one year of age. The adult breeding pair usually has one or more auxiliaries (helpers) who are typically the young who were born the previous year.

Physical Description: Native to the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia, the laughing kookaburra is the largest member of the Kingfisher family, with females weighing up to one pound (455 grams) and growing to 18 inches (45 centimeters) in length. Its beak can reach 4 inches (10 centimeters) long. It has brown on its cheeks. The underbelly has a white underbelly, brown body, and darker bands on its tail. There is no difference in appearance between the male and female.

Behavior: Giant kingfishers are known as the “bushman’s alarm clock”. They have very loud calls, which are usually performed by a family group at dawn and dusk. The calls start and end with low chuckles and have a shrieking laugh in the middle. The kookaburras’ songs advertise their territories. It is a communal (shared with neighbors) laugh and can usually be heard in the early morning and early evening. It is a yearlong song, especially present during the few months before the breeding season

Conservation Status: Common

Fun Facts:

	Kookaburra’s aids in reducing insect outbreaks and snake numbers. It was also very valuable in trade because of its skin. Fishermen may have kept the Kookaburra as a pet.
	The Kookaburra has a unique song that is commonly related to a full boisterous human laugh. The song's cycle starts with a low chuckle 'ooo' and then goes into a high 'ha ha ha' and then back into a low chuckle..