Hi Mike
The Kunwinjku word for grasswren might be a handful - Djigirridjdjigirridj.
It's onomatopoeic. the same term is used for Willie Wagtail.
Name for Red-backed Fairy-wren, the only fairy-wren they know, is
Dalgerowken, a name given to all songbirds with red and brown plumage (eg
Crimson Finch). Finches are easier - the generic name is nin!
Denise
on 20/11/09 8:40 AM, Michael Tarburton at wrote:
> G'day B-aussers
>
> Yes a lovely ring to it: a bit like Badger for Wombats in Tassie &
> Vic. and Opossum for the Brush-tailed Possum in NZ,.
>
> I wonder if we could accommodate some aboriginal names to replace
> other foreign mismatches such as: Cuckoo-shrike & Shrike-thrush.
> After all we did manage to shake off miss-matches such as warblers -
> for gerygones, tailor bird for cisticola, & fairy-wren for wren.
> mmn - Is that last one an improvement or would an aboriginal word be
> more Australian?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
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> On 19/11/2009, at 3:02 PM, Alistair McKeough wrote:
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>> PS - no offense to Greg or anyone of course! Just my view that I think
>> Jabiru has a wonderful ring to it.
>>
>> 2009/11/19 Alistair McKeough <>
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