double-barred finch

Scientific Name
Taeniopygia bichenovii
Category
Birds

The double-barred finch is called nin in all Bininj Gunwok dialects. There is a grass Eriachne obtusa, named after this bird which is called kundalk nin nuye 'grass of the double-barred finsh'. Bininj say that nin also like to eat the seeds of the grass Panicum tricoides and the coleus plant Solenostemon scutellarioides, called mayamaya in some Bininj Gunwok dialects.

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Kunwinjku term
nin
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Kundjeyhmi term
nin
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Kuninjku term
nin
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Kune/Mayali term
nin
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Kundedjnjenghmi term
nin
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