fantail
Language:
Australian:
Burril
English JS Main:
fantail
English:
"Rufous-fronted Flycatcher", native name "Burril" ====The bird's upper parts are greyed yellow, with a chestnut brown forehead and back, and dark brown wing feathers. The tail is long and fanned, and coloured chestnut brown at the top with darker brown at the end. The underparts are white with a black throat and black marking on the cheek and breast. The whole body is overlaid with darker hatched lines. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Source:
Painters
Line:
12255
Respelt:
ba-ril
Part of speech:
noun
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 255 : "Rufous-fronted Flycatcher", native name "Burril" / Port Jackson Painter]