Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Fact Sheet: Population & Conservation Status

• Stable populations; thought to be large (BirdLife International 2016)
• Total population estimate
  • 65,000,000 individuals (Woodall 2019)

IUCN

• Least Concern (2024 assessment) (BirdLife International 2024)
  • Very large range, though population sizes not yet quantified
  • Population trend: decreasing

CITES

• Not listed (UNEP 2019)

• Habitat destruction and fragmentation, especially clearing of eucalypt woodlands and removal of trees with hollows (Moloney et al. 2002)
• Over 400,00 ha (988,422 acres) of native forest land is cleared per year in Queensland (as of 2002)

Thanks to their wide range, populations of Laughing Kookaburras are considered large and stable.

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BirdLife International (2012, 2016)
Moloney et al. (2002)