Laughing kookaburra recognised: The laughing kookaburra is the largest kingfisher. It is a stout, stocky bird in length, with a large head, prominent brown eyes, and a very large bill. The sexes are very similar, although the female is usually larger and has less blue to the rump than the male. The male weighs and the female . They have a white or cream-coloured body and head with a dark brown stripe across each eye and more faintly over the top of the head. The wings and back are brown with sky blue spots on the shoulders. The tail is rusty reddish-orange
HMAS Kookaburra HMAS Kookaburra HMAS "Kookaburra" (A331) was a "Net"-class boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which served during World War II. "Kookaburra" was of three ships ordered by the Royal Australian Navy for use as boom-net defence vessels. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company at Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney on 4 April 1938, launched on 29 October 1938, and commissioned into the RAN on 28 February 1939. Originally used as boom defence ship and anti-submarine training vessel in Sydney, "Kookaburra" was transferred to Darwin in April 1940. The ship served as a