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Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

Considered one of Australia's iconic birds, the kingfisher was used as a mascot at the Sydney Olympics.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

The laughing kingfisher (scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae), a species of kingfisher, is named for its wild laugh-like call. Grey-brown feathers, it is a woodland resident bird with a body length of 43 cm and a beak length of 8–10 cm.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

It is found in eastern Australia, Tasmania and other places, and is one of Australia's iconic birds.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

The kingfisher is a fish-eating bird of the kingfisher family in eastern Australia, with a length of 42–46 cm, a beak of 8–10 cm and a weight of 500 g. It is the largest of the kingfisher family.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

The kingfisher's beak is large and powerful, with a grey-brown upper body and a grayish-white belly. Males have blue wings for identification. The tail is long, brown and black.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

The legs are short grey. The mouth is thick and straight, long and firm, the mouth ridge is rounded; the nasal groove is not raised; the wingtips are long, the first primary flight feather is slightly shorter, and the 3rd and 4th are the longest;

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

The tail is short and rounded; the head and neck are short, the wings are short and round, and the tail is mostly short; the mouth is long and pointed, the mouth peak is round and blunt, the feet are very short, the toes are weak, and the 4th toe is mostly connected with the 3rd toe, and only the base is connected with the 2nd toe.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

Caudal lipid glands (Ran Yu). There are black beak bones on both sides, there are 4 missing inciminations on the posterior edge of the sternum, and the sternum stalk is simply made of external spines.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

Keep birds in the woodland. It is the largest forest kingfisher and one of the two largest kingfishers, along with the big fish dog. The staple food of the kingfisher is small animals: snakes, lizards and insects.

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

Protect your own field all year round. Because the song of the kingfisher can be heard in the early morning or at sunset, it is called "the clock of the inhabitants of the forest".

Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

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Jiang Ruide Photography: A Bird of the Day (Issue 71) - Laughing Kingfisher (Sydney Olympic Mascot)

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