The largest kingfisher species, with a whitish head, brown eye-stripe, mottled blue wing patches and a barred rusty tail. Native to eastern Australian woodland, it ambushes lizards, snakes and insects from a perch and is best known for its raucous, laughter-like call.
Taxonomy
- Order / family / genus
- Coraciiformes · Alcedinidae · Dacelo
Conservation
Least concern
· LCWidespread and abundant taxa.