Kookaburra by ABC radio stations, and for Radio Australia's overseas broadcasts. This was the basis for a book for children: An Australian coin known as the Silver Kookaburra minted annually since 1990. The Australian 12-metre yacht "Kookaburra III" lost the America's Cup in 1987. The Australian Men's Hockey team is named after the kookaburra. , they are world champions in field hockey. Australian sports equipment company Kookaburra Sport is named after the bird. Kookaburra Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28–42 cm (11–17 in) in length. The name
Carnarvon Gorge humans, due to hand-feeding which is against Park regulations. This situation is of concern to Park rangers as it allows opportunistic species, such as the laughing kookaburra ("Dacelo novaeguineae") and the pied currawong ("Strepera graculina"), to develop population sizes that are abnormally large. When visitation (and therefore hand-feeding) tapers off over the summer low tourism season the abnormal populations place abnormal pressure on the species' natural food sources which can include the young of other bird species. Australian bustards ("Ardeotis australis") are frequently seen in farmland on approach to the Gorge, along with brolgas if the weather has been wet.