Australia. Guide to Australia

‘climate’

If winter spoil your mood, and you can't afford a complete rest, try this. Photo: Kirilly Schwartz

In the past three weeks, rain on the East coast of Australia was never stops. Read the rest of this entry »

Australian Crane ( Grus rubicunda) - A large bird of the family of cranes, living on north and East Australia.

Earlier, the Australian Crane lived almost across the continent with the exception of desert and mountain areas South and the central of Australia. However, its extension to the north and west in recent years have seen increased, which is related to its reorientation on food grain.

Australian crane sedentary, although it can roam within the range depending on the season and weather conditions.

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Kingfisher, Giant, or laughing kukabara ( Dacelo novaeguineae / Dacelo gigas) - Type kukabar, living in forest areas Eastern Australia,on south-western Australia and on the island Tasmania.

There are two subspecies of the giant kingfisher, or laughing kukabary:

* Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae - собственно смеющаяся кукабара (Eastern Australia);
* Dacelo novaeguineae minor - малая смеющаяся кукабара (Cape York).

Zimorodok-giant – is a medium-sized bird of prey and solid build, its body length - 45-47 cm, span 65 cm, mass of birds around 500 G.

His head was a giant kingfisher large, with a long beak, colors in birds dominate off-white, gray and brown tones in contrast to other types of kukabar.

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