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currawong (KUHR-uh-wawng, KUHR-uh-wong) - n., any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera having black, grey, and white plumage.
Also called bell magpie. There are currently three recognized species with a plethora of subspecies, so stay tuned as the ornithologists bicker. Name is imitative of the call of the pied currawong (S. graculina) via some aboriginal language, but which is uncertain -- phonetic variants are all over. One of these pied ones:
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---L.
currawong (KUHR-uh-wawng, KUHR-uh-wong) - n., any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera having black, grey, and white plumage.
Also called bell magpie. There are currently three recognized species with a plethora of subspecies, so stay tuned as the ornithologists bicker. Name is imitative of the call of the pied currawong (S. graculina) via some aboriginal language, but which is uncertain -- phonetic variants are all over. One of these pied ones:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
