Laughing kookaburra

Description

At 45 cm in length,the sneering kookaburra is the largest of the Alcedinidae family members.It has a white throat,chest and belly,dark brown back with blue wing coverts and a brown tail with darker bars;the helmsmen have a white tip.The head is white too,but with a brown top and a brown ocular stripe.The species has a slight sexual dimorphism : the males have part of the white rump,while in the females it is brown with dark bars.The beak is stocky and robust and the legs are short.