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Words for Category: Birds
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karrurrayi
black-tailed waterhen
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nganək
wood duck
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ngarrkərel
straw-necked ibis
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*munyukəl
white winged chough
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perrəth-perrəth
spur-winged plover
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withən-wil yawirr
bird, general term 'feathered creature'
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wil
stone curlew
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wathipuk, watyipuk
young one (of bird or animal)
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tyurung-wil
emu
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*tyerrap-tyerrap-karrthi
noisy friar bird
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*tun
bellbird
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*purunggi
little quail
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*pulerrn-pulerrn
lyrebird
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*ngel-ngel
speckled duck
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lerrəp
pectoral rail
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lawan
mallee hen
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*larəmbarnəm
pectoral rail
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kurruluk
black-backed magpie
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*kawir
emu
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kathəkarr
white cockatoo, corella,
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*yapul-yapity
nankeen crane
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wany
egret, white crane
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kathing-pang
white-faced crane
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*kathapi mananderra
white crane
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*tyak-tyak
white ibis
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tyirən-tyirən-mula
black tailed waterhen
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tilip
little waterhen, swamphen
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kerrə-kerrək
kestrel, named from its call
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kurrk-mali
eastern rosella 'blood-chest'
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kurəwa
grebe
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kurng-kurng
kookaburra
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kunawar
swan
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wurip
cockatiel, cockatoo-parrot
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*tyityert
red-backed parrot
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*tuthər
warbling grass parrot
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*pili-ngarri
bull-oak parrot
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lum
ring-neck parrot
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lim
ring-necked or mallee parrot
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*kurən-kurən
rock-pebbler parrot
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kuthun
brolga
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wanggərrel
cormorant, large black and white
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walwalak
little black cormorant
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purp
little black and white shag or cormorant
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mert-meril
large black cormorant
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wutyert
blue-winged shoveller duck,
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tyiwalert
widgeon or pink-eared duck
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tyarra-tyarraty
hard-head duck
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pener
teal duck
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ngare
black duck
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nganə-wil
musk duck
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ngakundal
mountain duck
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*kul-wil
musk duck
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tup-tup
yellow-billed spoonbill
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nganggərrel
black-billed spoonbill
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kakat
white ibis
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ngathang-wil
nankeen crane
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ngakak
magpie goose
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ngarrawu
bustard
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pandelang
whistling kite (eagle)
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**ngarrayil
eaglehawk, wedge-tailed eagle
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pin-pin
brown tree-creeper
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pirndety
noisy miner
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tap
bronzewing pigeon
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**nganguri
crested pigeon
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tety
black coot
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*ping-ping
bald coot
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tyambəl
white-winged chough
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tyali-kurrkuk
red-capped robin
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tyilpən-tyilpən
brown song lark
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tyirrm-tyirrm
mudlark
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tyinap
white cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo
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tyirri-tyirrity
willie wagtail
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**nyan-kurrk
pelican
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tyiwarn
grey shrike thrush
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wa
crow or raven
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tyune-tyunety
tawny frogmouth
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wilək-wilək
galah
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wirimal
powerful owl
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wuk-wuk
boobook owl
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wityerrikong
budgerrigar
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yanarang
sparrow hawk
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*tyerrkuk
brown hawk
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*pir
hawk, harrier
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*karrkun-karrkun
reed-warbler
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*kirrkəmbul
banded stilt
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*kamərilak
osprey
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*kalalək
Major Mitchell Cockatoo
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*karrwit
marsh tern
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*kuwir
bittern
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*martər
swift
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*pap-pithən
silvergrey gull
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*pert pert ngaluk
black-fronted dotterel
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*pirrimpirr
bee eater
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*tyityalert
stubble quail
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*tyir-katən
darter
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*wiran
black cockatoo
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*wity-wity-mambul
welcome swallow
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*yirri-lil
blue wren
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yerratety-kurrk, yerratethkurrk
owlet-nightjar
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