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  1. jurek

    Parrots

    Bilitjpilitj and Jarrurlujarrurlu are good onomatopeic descriptions of the parrots' rolling calls. Practical for every birder who tries to identify flyby parrots high on the sky. They are just like like the European words Pipit, Twite or Hoopoe.
  2. jurek

    Parrots

    Every modern U.S. academic should obligatorily say Bilitjpilitj instead of king parrot. King parrot is a blatant endorsement of monarchy, btw, especially striking in the Australian context! And Polytelis parrots should be called Jarrurlujarrurlu-s. What is the proper plural, actually? I hope...
  3. jurek

    Parrots

    It would make impossible to twitch every bird family on Earth (kakapo), so people may not be interested in it.
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