Who helps raise kookaburra chicks?

Older offspring from earlier years

Laughing Kookaburra Quiz: Australia's Giant Kingfisher

This laughing kookaburra quiz listens to the chorus that wakes the Australian bush. Play 10 interactive questions on the largest kingfisher, a laughing call used to mark territory, the nickname bushman's alarm clock, a diet of snakes, lizards and insects, beating prey against branches, family helpers, the Sydney 2000 Olympic mascot and the old campfire song.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Where is the laughing kookaburra native?
Family
Which bird family does it belong to?
Call
What does its call sound like?
Why
Why do kookaburras laugh?
Nickname
What is the kookaburra's old nickname?
Food
What do kookaburras eat?
Kill
How do they handle larger prey?
Helpers
Who helps raise kookaburra chicks?
Mascot
Which Olympics had a kookaburra mascot?
Song
Where does a kookaburra sit in the famous song?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where is the laughing kookaburra native?
Answer: Eastern Australia
It has spread elsewhere too.
Q2: Which bird family does it belong to?
Answer: Kingfishers
It is the largest kingfisher.
Q3: What does its call sound like?
Answer: Loud laughter
Groups call together.
Q4: Why do kookaburras laugh?
Answer: To mark their territory
Families chorus at dawn and dusk.
Q5: What is the kookaburra's old nickname?
Answer: Bushman's alarm clock
Its dawn chorus wakes campers.
Q6: What do kookaburras eat?
Answer: Snakes, lizards and insects
They rarely fish.
Q7: How do they handle larger prey?
Answer: Beat it against a branch
This softens and kills it.
Q8: Who helps raise kookaburra chicks?
Answer: Older offspring from earlier years
It is cooperative breeding.
Q9: Which Olympics had a kookaburra mascot?
Answer: Sydney 2000
It was named Olly.
Q10: Where does a kookaburra sit in the famous song?
Answer: In the old gum tree
It is a children's round.

The Laugh of the Australian Bush

The laughing kookaburra is native to eastern Australia and is the largest member of the kingfisher family. Its loud call sounds like laughter, and family groups call together at dawn and dusk to mark their territory, earning it the nickname bushman's alarm clock.

Unlike many kingfishers, kookaburras rarely fish. They eat snakes, lizards, insects and small mammals, swooping from a perch and beating larger prey against a branch. Older offspring help raise new chicks, a system called cooperative breeding.

A kookaburra named Olly was a mascot of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and children around the world sing the round about a kookaburra sitting in the old gum tree. Their laughter is so familiar that it is often used in films to suggest a jungle setting.

What This Quiz Teaches

Bird fans will enjoy these questions.

Where kookaburras live
Why they laugh
What they eat
How families work
How they appear in culture

Did You Know?

Kookaburras can live about 20 years.
They nest in tree hollows.
They sometimes steal sausages at barbecues.
Blue-winged kookaburras live farther north.
Their call is used in jungle films.