heron
Language:
Australian:
Collinah
English JS Main:
heron
English:
Rufous night heron (Gmelin, 1789) (not a Sydney bird?? JS)
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
water
Source:
Hunter Sketch Book
Page:
53
Respelt:
gåli-na
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
178890
Meaning Clue:
"Collinah" galina = "Rufous night heron (Gmelin, 1789) (not a Sydney bird?? JS)" heron rufous night: Hunter Sketch Book [:53:] [BB]
Source Details:
The Hunter Sketch Book: Birds and Flowers of New South Wales drawn on the Spot in 1788 & 90 By Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet. General Editor John Calaby. Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1989
Comment:
’...found near brackish water in in most regions of australia and in islands to the north and east of Australia.’ [HSB 52]