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Tawny Frogmouth names

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Subject: Tawny Frogmouth names
From: "Alan Leishman" <>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:23:42 +1100
Jade Welch requested  any aboriginal names for the Tawny Frogmouth, the
following are a couple of references.

Condon, H.T. (1955). The South Australian Ornithologist. Volume 21 No
7:74-88. Aboriginal Bird Names - South Australia Part 1.

Tawny Frogmouth
Podargus strigoides

aurainga, Aranda (Spencer & Gillen)
bi-wi- bi-wi, "Central Australia" (Bates)
chooleri, Kokata/Wirangu (Sullivan)
ngoongoo (Sullivan)
ngungi "Central Australia" (Bates)
piwi, Pitjandjara (Tindale MS)
renga, Aranda (C. Strehlow)



Bindon, P & Chadwick, R. (1992). A Nyoongar Wordlist for the South-West
of Western Australia. West Australian Museum.

Page 269
Frogmouth, Tawny

gambigorn (South West) 
combiac (Albany)
cumbine (Pallinup Estuary)
du-leer (South West)

The above four names are from Serventy & Whittell (1948) Birds of
Western Australia.


Troy, Jakelin (1993) The Sydney Language. Canberra.

binit binnit  (R.H. Mathews 1903) 


Macquarie Aboriginal Naming Book (1996)

Tawny Frogmouth

gungun (Bundjalung) [Coastal area northern NSW]
karrkurrk  (Murrinh-Patha)  [ western coast Northern Territory]
nguuguung  (Wiradjuri)  [central NSW]
thiligi  (Gooniyandi)  [Fitzroy Crossing]
thuli  (Yindjibarndi)  [Roebourne in NW Western Australia]
tyune-tyunety  (Wembawemba)  [western Victoria]

Hope that this is of some help.






Alan Leishman,
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>>> "jade welch" <> 11/04/02 08:58pm >>>
Hi all,

Once again i am interested in the aboriginal names of birds. The bird i

would like to know the various aboriginal names of is the Tawny
Frogmouth. I 
would like to know if anyone could post a list of the various
aboriginal 
names given to the Tawny Frogmouth. Please also include the tribe name,
area 
and state the tribe comes from.

Yours sincerely
Jade






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