Laughing kookaburra there. He probably obtained a preserved specimen from one of the naturalists who accompanied Captain James Cook to the east coast of Australia. Edme-Louis Daubenton and François-Nicolas Martinet included a coloured plate of the laughing kookaburra based on Sonnerat's specimen in their "Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle". The plate has the legend in French ""Martin-pecheur, de la Nouvelle Guinée"" (Kingfisher from New Guinea). In 1783, the French naturalist Johann Hermann provided a formal description of the species based the coloured plate by Daubenton and Martinet. He gave it the scientific name "Alcedo novæ Guineæ". The current genus "Dacelo" was introduced in
Invasive species of Australian origin coastal wattles, introduced to help bind drifting sand dunes. They remain serious pests, but some controls have been introduced. In the case of "Acacia saligna", the introduction of acacia seed weevils ("Melanterius" species) has achieved complete control. A lesser degree of control has been achieved for "Acacia cyclops" by the introduction of a gall rust fungus ("Uromycladium" species). Invasive species of Australian origin There are a number of Australian species that have become invasive when introduced into outside Australia or outside Oceania. The Australian magpie was introduced into New Zealand and are considered to be a pest because of attacks