Blue-winged kookaburra Blue-winged kookaburra The blue-winged kookaburra ("Dacelo leachii") is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around , it is slightly smaller than the more familiar laughing kookaburra. It has cream-coloured upper- and underparts barred with brownish markings. It has blue wings and brown shoulders and blue rump. It is sexually dimorphic, with a blue tail in the male, and a rufous tail with blackish bars in the female. The blue-winged kookaburra was first collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, but was initially overlooked and confused with the laughing kookaburra, and was finally
Greater bird-of-paradise Greater bird-of-paradise The greater bird-of-paradise ("Paradisaea apoda") is a bird-of-paradise in the genus "Paradisaea". Carl Linnaeus named the species "Paradisaea apoda", or "legless bird-of-paradise", because early trade-skins to reach Europe were prepared without wings or feet by natives; this led to the misconception that these birds were beautiful visitors from paradise that were kept aloft by their plumes and never touched the earth until death. The greater bird-of-paradise is the largest member in the genus "Paradisaea", with males measuring up to (excluding the long twin tail wires). The female is smaller, at only . The plumage of this species is