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Australian king-parrot (male) Eastern rosella (female) Red-rumped parrot (male) Rainbow lorikeet Blue-winged parrot 44 species recorded [42 extant native, 1 extirpated native, 1 extinct native] Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet.
It is commonly known as the red cedar (a name shared by other trees), tone, toon or toona (also applied to other members of the genus Toona), Australian red cedar, [5] Burma cedar, Indian cedar, Moulmein cedar or the Queensland red cedar. It is also known as Indian mahogany. [6] Indigenous Australian names include Polai in the Illawarra.
Mar'rallang, twin sisters who share a name and whose exploits are immortalized in the night sky in Ngarrindjeri stories; Minka Bird bird that foretells death among the Ngarrindjeri of Murray River; Muldjewangk, water spirit or spirits inhabiting the Murray River; Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara creator being; Thardid Jimbo, cannibalistic giant in ...
Today, the red-coloured races are generally known as the crimson rosella, with the alternate names red lowry, Pennant's parakeet, Campbell parakeet, (blue) mountain parrot, (blue) mountain lowry or just plain lowry occasionally heard. [18] Cayley reported that the first two alternate names were most common in the early part of the twentieth ...
This started the tradition in Western Australia of calling all Red or Red and Tan Kelpies, especially those with white chests, Red Cloud Kelpies. [17] Other notable specimens include Gunner and Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979), a Kelpie mix which was the subject of a movie, Red Dog, released in 2011.
Bluey is Australian slang for a redhead (usually a man).. As a nickname, Bluey may refer to: . Bluey Adams (1935–2019), former Australian rules football player; Derek Arnold (born 1941), New Zealand former rugby union player
Yowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity that is reputed to live in the Outback.The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as quinkin (or as a type of quinkin), and as joogabinna, [1] in parts of New South Wales, they are called Ghindaring, jurrawarra, myngawin, puttikan, doolaga, gulaga and thoolagal. [1]
Red Dog was believed to have been born in the town of Paraburdoo, Western Australia in 1971. [5] Red Dog was called by a variety of names by those who knew him, including Bluey, Tally Ho, and Dog of the Northwest. [6] Tally Ho was his first name, given to him by Colin Cummings, who is believed to have been his first owner, and brought him to ...