Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Proserpine Caravan Park, NE Qld IMG_0236 20220227 - leachii male. CLICK to zoom.
Notes: Slightly smaller than
Laughing
Kookaburra, larger head, more massive bill. Head white
w.
dark streaks & no eye-stripe. Upperwing coverts
extensively blue, rump light blue. Mad-looking
white
iris. Male tail dark blue w. white tip. Female tail rufous
w. black barring. Ssp cervina
smaller, darker
above & below, breast buffy; occidentalis whiter
head, buff-washed underparts.
Insane-sounding call.
Open eucalypt forests & woodlands.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
De Moleyns Lagoon, Mirani, NE Qld IMG_2128 20200810 - leachii female left, male right. CLICK for male alone.
Kununurra, NE WA IMG_6760 20180812 - leachii female
Mungana, FN Qld IMG_1400 20180409 - leachii male
Hardies Lagoon, Marrakai, N NT IMG_3794 20180728 - leachii female
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FNW Qld IMG_6906 20200623 - leachii
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_1164 20210509 - leachii
De Moleyns Lagoon, Mirani, NE Qld IMG_2117 20200810 - leachii
Proserpine Caravan Park, NE Qld IMG_0229 20220227 - leachii dusk.
Karumba Point, FNW Qld IMG_5285 20200620 - leachii female