The Laughing Kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large, robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown, but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. A kookaburra is also known as the laughing jackass. It got its name from its distinctive laugh, which can be heard at sunrise and sunset.

Here is one at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in North Carolina.

Laughing Kookaburra