Halcyonidae+-+Gulrajani

Blue-Winged Kookaburra

Movement: Blue-winged kookaburras move by using their short feet to walk and their wings to fly.

Metabolism: Blue-winged kookaburras take food in through their beaks. In the wet season, they eat insects, frogs, and reptiles. In the dry season, they eat crayfish, scorpions, spiders, snakes, and earthworms.

Growth and Development: ﻿﻿When they have fully grown, blue-winged kookaburras are 38 to 42 centimeters tall. They take about 7 to 11 weeks to mature to an adult.

Response to Stimuli: ﻿One thing they can do to adapt to their environment is dig holes in trees for their nests with their sharp beaks. Another thing they can do to adapt to their environment is hold on to tree branches tightly because their toes are stuck together in pairs. They can also stay for a long time without water because they maintain all the water from their food.

Reproduction: ﻿Babies gestate for 26 days. A blue-winged kookaburra lays two to four eggs at a time.

Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coracii formes Family: Halcyonidae Genus: Dacelo Species: D. leachii

Differences Between Males and Females: ﻿Males are different from females because they have blue tails, and females have brown tails.

Tree Kingfisher  General Characteristics: ﻿ Blue-winged kookaburras are in the family of tree kingfishers. Animals in this family have short tails, large heads, long pointed bills, and build their nests in holes in trees. Examples of Animals in This Family: ﻿Some of the animals in this family are the brown-winged kingfisher, chocolate-backed kingfisher, Marquesan kingfisher, and mountain kingfisher.



Sources http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/tree_kingfishers.html http://www.ozanimals.com/Bird/Blue-winged-Kookaburra/Dacelo/leachii.html http://www.honoluluzoo.org/kookaburra.htm