Color: 

Dark brown and white with blue rump and barred reddish tail

Size:

15-17 inches

Weight:

½ - 1 lb.

Average Lifespan: 

11 years

Captive Lifespan:

15 years

Eastern Australia

Eucalyptus forest and woodlands

Mating: 

September – January

Gestation/Incubation:

24-29 days

Litter/Clutch Size:

1-5 eggs

Mature: 

1 year

Snakes, lizards, rodents, insects, and other invertebrates

Group starts its day with loud cackling laughing chorus. They spend long periods perched and on the lookout for prey.

1. Largest member of the kingfisher family.

2. Mate for life. Both parents help in incubation, brooding, and rearing young.

3. Nests are usually in a natural cavity.