Blue-winged Kookaburra, largest kingfisher, standing on a grassy patch in the afternoon sun with a tasty morsel in its beak in Townsville, Queensland.
The blue-winged kookaburra is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around 40 cm, it is slightly smaller than the more familiar laughing kookaburra. It has cream-coloured upper- and underparts barred with brownish markings.
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Location: Townsville, North Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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