Kookaburra's cackle 'new' to WA

By Peter Hancock
Updated July 5 2013 - 11:03am, first published 8:53am
Kookaburra pictured in Guildford. <em>Picture: Allen Newton</em>
Kookaburra pictured in Guildford. <em>Picture: Allen Newton</em>

The mocking laughter of the kookaburra may be regarded by the world at large as Australia's most recognisable bird call, but it was never heard in Perth until more than 75 years after European settlement.

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