thipe ahelhe-arenye
ground birds
red-backed kingfisher (todiramphus pyrrhopygia)
id:7462 order:281
Parlkenele angkerlenge akurne imareme tyerrtye ilwetyeke.
The kingfisher's call is a bad sign Ð someone is about to die.
bower bird (chlamydera maculata)
id:7459 order:275
Akerrkele arne imparrkeye areye inemele antyweke arrerneme.
The bower bird collects shiny things to put in its nest.
banded lapwing (plover) (vanellus tricolor)
id:7464 order:283
Tyelkatherathere angwerre-angwerre arlkentye akngerre.
The plover calls out in the late afternoon.
rainbow bee-eater (merops ornatus)
id:7463 order:282
Thipe tirre-tirre lhere arnkarrele alhwengeke anenhe-anenhe.
The rainbow bee-eater lives in burrows on creek banks.
button quail (turnix velox)
id:7461 order:279
Atnethwekethweke name kwene-arenye.
The button quail lives among the grass.
spinifex pigeon (geophaps plumifera)
id:7460 order:277
Rnturrerte thipe aywerte-aywerte-arenye.
The spinifex pigeon lives in the spinifex country.