Kookaburras generally live in pairs or in small groups in open woodland. They incubate their two to four pure white eggs in hollow tree trunks, tree holes, or in excavated termite nests.
Both adults incubate for a period of 25 days. The young leave the nest 30 days after hatching, but the parents continue to feed them for another 40 days. The Australian aborigines have a legend about the Kookaburra. When the sun rose for the first time, the god Bayame ordered the kookaburra to utter its loud, almost human laughter in order to wake up mankind so that they should not miss the wonderful sunrise. The aborigines also believed that any child who insulted a kookaburra would grow an extra slanting tooth.
Kookaburra are part of the group of birds called kingfishers. Kookaburras live in woodlands and open forests. In the wild, Kookaburras are known to be partial to the young of other birds and snakes, as well as insects and small reptiles. Loading browse data Prev column. Next column. Article text Match text View 0 text corrections for this article.
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Kookaburras make calls similar to those they use to broadcast territorial ownership when they are trying to locate family members, although these calls are shorter in duration. The kookaburra has long been a part of Australian culture.
In another tale, the god Bayame ordered the kookaburra to laugh loudly each morning and awaken all of mankind to view the sunrise.
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