The kingfisher is indeed an Australian animal, or rather, bird. There are many species of kingfisher in Australia, including the kookaburra.
600 species
Since the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia, it is believed that 27 species of mammals, 23 bird species and 4 frog species have become extinct.
There are 2,900 bird species in South East Asia.
About 430 species.
390 bird species have been reported in Singapore.See the Related Link.
1108
In an ecosystem when a large number of species are dependent on one particular species of bird this makes the bird a keystone species. This bird has a disproportionate effect on the surround environment because so many others are dependent on it.
I was going to give you a list, but there are 842 of them! So no list. These are just the native Australian birds and does not include those introduced to the area.
There are very many different animals that live in the Australian Daintree Rainforest. There are more than 12,000 species of insect as well as 30% of all the species of frogs, marsupials, and reptiles in Australia, 18% of the country's bird species, and 65% of the butterfly and bat species of the country.
About 40000 but there are many different authorities defining what exactly is a species of bird. According to Chris Packham's Nature Handbook, there are 10,000 known bird species on the planet.
In Australia, there are the following numbers of described, recognised species of vertebrates:386 mammals828 birds917 reptiles227 amphibiansOver 5000 fishSee the related link below for more information.