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Location

Noosa, South East Queensland
Australia

Metadata

Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D   at 450 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/5.3, ISO not available 
Image size 444 x 667 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Jägerliest Dutch  Kookaburra
Italian  Kookaburra sghignazzante Spanish  Cucaburra Común

Comments

Kookaburras are well known for the variety of noisy sounds, rising in intensity to loud laughs, often in response to a neighboring group.




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    06/05/2002

Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
Martin-chasseur géant

Jean-Michel PAULUS