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Umbarra's father, who was also associated with the black duck, is believed to have also been named Merriman and to have died around 1850. [1] His wife, Queen Narelle, died around 1900. [ 2 ] The brother of Umbarra and the brother of Narelle, despite being unrelated to one another, founded a single family, the Nobles.
The best known Yuin spiritual animals are the Pacific black duck (Umbarra) and the Black swan. [41] The Black Duck was the moojingarl of King Merriman, who is named Umbarra after it, and a duck-shaped island in Wallaga Lake is named Merriman Island. [53] Umbarra was believed to communicate with black ducks, who would warn him of danger. [53]
Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it
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The American black duck (Anas rubripes) is a large dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was described by William Brewster in 1902. It is the heaviest species in the genus Anas , weighing 720–1,640 g (1.59–3.62 lb) on average and measuring 54–59 cm (21–23 in) in length with an 88–95 cm (35–37 in) wingspan .
The New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae), also known as the black teal (or pāpango in Māori), is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya endemic to New Zealand. [2] They weigh around 650 grams (23 oz) and measure around 40 centimetres (16 in), and have dark-coloured plumage. They are found throughout New Zealand in deep natural and ...
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The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck native to North America. Adult males are almost entirely black with characteristic white patches on the forehead and the nape and adult females are slightly smaller and browner. Surf scoters breed in Northern Canada and Alaska and winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North ...