Fauna of Australia group of endemic parrots, order Psittaciformes. Australian parrots comprise a sixth of the world's parrots, including many cockatoos and galahs. The kookaburra is the largest species of the kingfisher family, known for its call, which sounds uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter. The passerines of Australia, also known as songbirds or perching birds, include wrens, robins, the magpie group, thornbills, pardalotes, the huge honeyeater family, treecreepers, lyrebirds, birds of paradise and bowerbirds. The satin bowerbird has attracted the interest of evolutionary psychologists; it has a complex courtship ritual in which the male creates a bower filled with blue, shiny items
Kookaburra III during the 101 races of the defender selection series. The end of the selection round robins series found "Kookaburra III" the leading yacht, with 83 points, followed by "Australia IV" at 77 and "Kookaburra II" at 70. "Steak and Kidney" was eliminated on points halfway through the final round. With ongoing protests over the legality of "Australia IV"'s balloon jib, an agreement was reached in which "Australia IV" and "Kookaburra III" would race in a best of nine set. The winning syndicate could then use "Kookaburra II" as the defender yacht if they so chose. Keel modifications to "Kookaburra III"