Here is another take on the matter from Macdonald, JD
1987, The illustrated dictionary of Australian birds
by common name, Reed, Frenchs Forest, NSW, p. 74:
'Apparently native name adopted by early colonists in
NSW, used by Gould, who attributed use to Latham, but
Latham gave name red-crowned parrot; meaning not
known.'
Regards - David
--- Barbara Allan <> wrote:
> The COG office has had a query as to why Gang-gang
> Cockatoos are so named. I
> always presumed it was a rough approximation of
> their call, but have not had
> the time or energy to search the literature to find
> out. Anyone has a better
> suggestion? b
>
>
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