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The scientific name of this animal is ππ’π€π¦ππ° π―π°π·π’π¦π¨πΆπͺπ―π¦π’π¦, the Laughing kookaburra.
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There are four species of kookaburra. The Rufous- bellied kookaburra in lowland New Guinea, the Spangled kookaburra in the Aru Islands and Southern New Guinea, the Blue-winged kookaburra in northern Australia and southern New Guinea and the Laughing kookaburra native to eastern Australia and introduced to southwest Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
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Laughing Kookaburras are believed to pair for life. The nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound. Both sexes share the incubation duties and both care for the young.
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