English: black fantail fly-catcher
Bundjalung: jingir-jingi(h)r
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: bird
Comment: Ngr:Gresty gives both Willy Wagtail and fly-catcher; Y:Allen possibly jingr-jingir; it is jinggir-jinggihr 'Willie Wagtail (Black and White Fantail)' Rhipidura leucophrys in Gd, jinggir-jinggir 'willy wagtail' in Wa.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen flycatcher (black fantail) chingerri-chingerri; Y:Watsn fantail , flycatcher ching'-gerr


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