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,
Plant Sciences,
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Mrs Macquaries Road,
Sydney, NSW 2565
Tel: (02) 9231 8166
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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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