RARE ONE IN A BILLION SIGHTING IN AUSSIE BACKYARD STUNS

November 19, 2024 Public Service Announcement.

Black kookaburras are considered extremely rare with one reportedly spotted this week

It’s not every day you come across a ‘one in a billion’ find sitting in your backyard. But that was the reality for one woman who recently spotted a rare black kookaburra – with the close encounter sparking envy among Aussies.

“Is this an extremely dirty blue-winged kookaburra or is there something else going on?” she questioned on social media alongside pictures of the “stunning” and “amazing” native bird this week. And she wasn’t alone in questioning why the usually white or grey feathers appeared to be a deep shade of black.

Australian bird expert Britt, known online as, well, ‘Britt the Bird Expert’, agreed it’s “pretty rare” when speaking to Yahoo News Australia about the images shared online. The bird “looks to be melanistic”, she said.

She described it as a “random genetic fluke” with famous Aussie vet Dr Chris Brown previously suggesting it’s possibly a “one in a billion” phenomenon. “Only a handful of black kookaburras … have ever been reported in the world,” he previously shared after a Perth sighting in 2018.

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Thanks To – Yahoo.com