laughing kookaburra

English

a juvenile laughing kookaburra

Noun

laughing kookaburra (plural laughing kookaburras)

1. 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