tjuḻpu mungatja
night birds
tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
id:9850 order:371
Piwi panya puṉu piḻṯi puṟunypa nyinapai puṯu nyakunytjaku.
A tawny frogmouth sits looking like a dried bit of wood so that it won’t be seen.
Pinytjantjara tjuṯa mungangka kutju para-ngaṟapai kaḻaḻa wiya.
Bats only fly around at night, not in the daytime.
barn owl (Tyto alba)
id:9846 order:366
Wiṟatjungku mungangka kutju kuka wakalpai munu kaḻaḻa kumpiṟa nyinapai.
The barn owl only kills its prey at night and in the daytime it hides away.
mopoke, boobook owl (Ninox novaeseelandia)
id:9847 order:368
Kuurkuurpa kaḻaḻa puṉungka tjungu puṉu puṟunypa uriwiya nyinapai.
In the daytime the mopoke owl sits perfectly still in a tree as if a part of the tree.
curlew, bush stone-curlew, thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
id:9848 order:369
Wiḻu putingka para-ngaṟapai aṉangungka utiringkupai wiya.
The curlew walks around in the bush and never appears around people.
spotted nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
id:9849 order:370
Iriti kungkangku kuunkutakuta pungkunyangka watingku tjunta wakalpai.
Long ago if a woman killed a spotted nightjar a man would spear her in the thigh.
