The name 'kookaburra' does not actually have any particular meaning. The name was derived from the word 'guuguubarra', which was given to this bird by the indigenous Wiradjuri people of New South Wales, and purely based on the sound of the kookaburra's territorial call.

A Laughing kookaburra IS a normal kookaburra, and the only one completely native to Australia alone. It is one of four universally recognised species of kookaburra, the others being the Blue-winged kookaburra, Spangled kookaburra and Rufous-bellied kookaburra.

A kookaburra is a bird - a species of kingfisher.

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