Origin of 'graculina'

To:	"Cas and Lisa Liber" <>, <>
Subject:	Origin of 'graculina'
From:	"Shirley Cook" <>
Date:	Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:36:34 +1100

Dear all,

That wonderful old book, "What Bird is That" by Neville W. Cayley givesmeanings of the scientific names of birds. So the Pied Currawong's name:Strepera graculina means, "like a graculus, jackdaw".


Shirley Cook
Secretary/Treasurer
Birds Australia - Northern NSW Group

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