Bird names

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Subject:	Bird names
From:	Peter Woodall <>
Date:	Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:22:22 +1000

Hi everyone

Tony cracked all but one of these in a few minutes, but I'll give thecorrect versions here, with an explanation.


Australian flower-swallow - Mistletoebird
Bank diamond - Spotted Pardalote
Betcherrygah  -  Budgerigar
betting bird  -  Large-tailed Nightjar*
black bell-magpie - Pied Currawong (? also black)
black redbill  -  Sooty Oystercatcher

* apparently in North Queensland, bets were put on how many of the "oop -oop - oop ..." calls a bird would make, thus its name. Obviously in thedays before the TAB.


Cheers
Peter


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