laughing kookaburra

English

a juvenile laughing kookaburra

Noun

laughing kookaburra (plural laughing kookaburras)

A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.

Synonyms

(informal) bushman's clock, clockbird, ha-ha pigeon, jackaburra, jacko, kooka, kooky, Jacky, settler's clock, shepherd's clock
(obsolete) brown kingfisher, giant kingfisher, goburra, gogobera, great brown kingfisher, jackass, jackass kingfisher, laughing jackass

Translations

Dacelo novaeguineae

Arabic: كوكابورا
Asturian: cucaburra común m
Belarusian: кукабара-рагатуха f (kukabara-rahatuxa), зімарадак-велікан m (zimaradak-vjelikan)
Bulgarian: присмехулната кукабура (prismehulnata kukabura)
Catalan: cucaburra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 笑翠鳥／笑翠鸟 (zh) (xiàocuìniǎo)
Czech: ledňák obrovský m
Dutch: kookaburra (nl), lachvogel m, gewone kookaburra
Esperanto: ridema kukabarao, kukabarao
Finnish: isonauraja (fi)
French: martin-chasseur géant (fr) m, kookaburra (fr) m
German: Jägerliest m, Lachender Hans m, Kookaburra m
Hebrew: קוקברה צוחקת
Hungarian: kacagójancsi, kacagó kokabura
Irish: cúcabarra gáiriteach m
Italian: kookaburra sghignazzante m
Japanese: ワライカワセミ (warai kawasemi), 笑翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi), 笑い翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi)
Korean: 웃음물총새 (useummulchongsae)
Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tábąąh naalzheehiitsoh dinilbáhígíí
Norwegian: latterkokaburra
Ossetian: худгӕ кукабаррӕ (xudgæ kukabarræ), Ног Гвинейы кукабаррӕ (Nog Gvinejy kukabarræ)
Polish: kukabura chichotliwa (pl) f, kukabura (pl) f
Portuguese: kookaburra f, cucaburra f, kookaburra-risonha f
Russian: смею́щаяся кукаба́ра f (smejúščajasja kukabára), смею́щаяся кукаба́рра f (smejúščajasja kukabárra), смею́щийся зиморо́док m (smejúščijsja zimoródok), зиморо́док-велика́н (ru) m (zimoródok-velikán)
Spanish: cucaburra común f
Swedish: skrattkokaburra c
Tamil: சிரிக்கும் கூக்கபரா (cirikkum kūkkaparā)
Vietnamese: sả nhà trò
Welsh: cwcabyra chwarddol m
Western Panjabi: ہسدا کوکابرا

References

laughing kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dacelo novaeguineae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dacelo novaeguineae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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