G'day Denise & other readers,
Yes I think we came across that name for gasswren while up helping in
the NT with the Carpentarian Grasswren surveys earlier this year.
However, these hyphenated European names are not short - just a bit
more familiar to most birders in Aus.
Cheers
Mike
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Michael Tarburton
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On 20/11/2009, at 10:17 AM, Denise Goodfellow wrote:
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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Michael Tarburton
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On 19/11/2009, at 3:02 PM, Alistair McKeough wrote:
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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