1. BLUE WINGED KOOKABURRA
DACELO LEACHII
DA-CELL-EO LEACH-EE
By. Justin Doornbusch
Grade 6
Fessenden

2. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Halcyonide
Genus: Dacelo
Species: D.Leachii

3. APPEARANCE
Blue Winged kookaburra have:
Off white head with brown streaks
Sky blue streak on wing from
shoulder dawn
White throat
Orangey-brown chest
Blue tails (males)
Red tails (females)
Small grey feet
Strong grey beak

4. HABITAT
The Blue Winged Kookaburra is found in the…..
Tropical areas of Australia
Sub-Tropical areas of
Australia
Open wood lands of
Australia
Paperback swamps of
Australia
Cane-fields of Australia

5. LIFE CYCLE
● Female lays egg
● Female watches egg’s for around 30 days
● Egg hatches
● Chick brakes out with beak
● Eyes open after 10 days feathers 7
● Become juvenile after 10 days
● Become fully mature after 6-10 weeks
● Life cycle starts over

6. DIET
The Blue Winged Kookaburra eats…….
● Scorpions
● Spiders
● Snakes
● Fish
● Worms
● Small Birds
● Frogs
● Crayfish

7. PREDATORS
● Red Goshawk
● Rufous Owl
● Quolls
● Goannas
● Olive Python

8. HOW THE SPECIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
Blue Winged Kookaburra help the diversity
Of life by……
● Eating poisonous spiders and snakes
● Keep balance with other animals

9. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP THE SPECIES SURVIVE
You can……………..
● Ride your bike more often to help stop
global warming and so you do not hit them
when driving
● Stop using aerosol cans to stop global
warming and stop bush fires
● Put out your fire when
camping to help stop bush fires

10. FUN FACTS
● The blue winged kookaburra is often very
shy
● This is an albino blue winged
Kookaburra
● Chicks are highly aggressive
and the smallest one is
usually killed by the other
chicks

11. THANKS TO…..
● Wikipiedia.org
● Birdsinbackyard.net
● Google images

12. THAT’S ALL