Body temperature and activity patterns of free-living laughing kookaburras: the largest kingfisher is heterothermic.
We show that free-ranging Laughing Kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), the largest kingfishers, are heterothermic. Their minimum recorded body temperature (Tb) was 28.6°C, and the maximum daily Tb range was 9.1°C, which makes kookaburras only the second coraciiform species and the only member of the...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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The Cooper Ornithological Society
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46212 |