Hi Cas
Murray Magpie was the name I grew up with and still use. I am from
Riverland in SA. My wife calls it a mudlark and she grew up in Adelaide.
Gary
On 23 May 2011 20:25, Cas Liber <> wrote:
> Someone asked me about the term "mudlark" today for Grallina cyanoleuca -
> and I confessed I wasn't sure how common it actually was, apart from
> reading
> that it was more a Victorian and/or WA term. I recall the books having
> "Peewit" or "Magpie-lark" as the first or second names. I generally called
> it a "Peewee" as a child, and my mum still does, though sometimes use
> "Magpie-lark". I have never heard anyone call it a "Peewit" but I don't
> mix
> too much with birdwatchers in real life.
>
> The wonders of email and discussion groups like this one is we can do an
> instant census (has it ever been done on this species I wonder) as to what
> everyone calls it by default, and where in Australia they are. I am in
> Sydney. So what does everyone else call it (and if you answer can you also
> say what part of Australia you're in? Doesn't have to be suburb, maybe city
> and "North, South East or West" is fine. I'll tally up the responses at the
> end.
> Cheers
> Cas
>
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