Language:                                Name                                     

Kriol:                                         Pelikan

Marra:                                       Balubalu

Ritharrŋu/Wägilak:                 Galagalk; Mula 

Ngandi:                                     Ni-gorlogorlk 

Wubuy:                                     Baalmi; Burunggurg; Gawirra; Bulujja (juvenile); Maabulhu (juvenile) 

Ngalakgan:                              Baya    

Alawa:                                      Milinnguwarra; Gulambirr; Balubalu   

Rembarrnga:                          Gorlgorlk; Gorlkkorlk 

English:                                   Australian Pelican             

Scientific:                               Pelecanus conspicillatus 

Group name for birds

Marra              Rayi

Body size: 160-180cm
Wing span 2.3-2.5m

Large gliding bird with pink bill, white body, black back, and wing edges.
Males are larger than females.

Lives in both fresh and salt water areas.
They move around a lot and can fly for 24 hours covering  hundreds of kilometres.
They can fly 1000m above the ground.

They feed on fish, alone or in groups.

MAMBALI TOTEM

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Breeding depends on rainfall.
The nest is a scrape in the ground covered with plants and feathers made by the female.
1-3 eggs are laid and cared for by both parents.