The laughing kookaburra assumes it has your vote for bird of the year – video

Probably the best-known Australian sound, one that even made it onto the soundtrack of old Tarzan movies, the laughing kookaburra assumes it's a shoe in for this year's bird of the year competition. And who can blame it? It's an Australian icon. Much loved in eastern Australia but considered a pest where it has been introduced into WA and Tasmania. An iconic sound for an iconic bird

• Cast your vote for the Guardian and BirdLife Australia's bird of the year poll.