Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Laughing Kookaburra LAUGH Strongly supported

Putative nocturnal call type

Classic laughing sequence, termed LAUGH in HANZAB. Here we don't split out CHORUS as it's often tricky to establish clearly if more than one bird is calling concurrently.

Evidence for identification

Matches spectrograms of this call, which is also given in the daytime, although still need to make comparison figure.

Confidence statement

High confidence since this is a well-known vocalisation.

Similar species / confusion risks

None

Project detections: 84 annotations; 17 nights; recorded in January, March, April, October, November; most recent detection 26 Apr 2026.

Project clips

Laughing Kookaburra LAUGH

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 09 Mar 2023, 03:48:32, Annotation 160, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied

Laughing Kookaburra LAUGH

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 20 Mar 2026, 04:15:22, Annotation 908, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied