Sorry Tony, it's not. We were beaten to the punch by hundreds of
years. People were calling a bird in S. America "Jabiru" hundreds if
not thousands of years before we European blow-ins arrived in
Australia and it was picked up by Europeans in S America when
Australia was a blank on the map. I prefer Jabiru myself, but I accept
the fact that someone got there first, and no amount of tanties and
holding your breath till you go blue in the face will change it.
Someone made a stuff up with the name yonks ago, and I don't see why
it should be perpetuated.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 19/11/2009, at 10:59 PM, Tony Russell wrote:
It's a JABIRU !
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Subject: Re 'Jabiru'
Before folk get too patriotic, it's worth remembering that the Black
Necked Stork is found pretty much across southern Asia. It may be a bit
presumptuous to assume we have naming rights!
Cheers
Pat
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