Language:                                Name                                     

Kriol:                                          

Marra:                                       

Ritharrŋu/Wägilak:                 

Ngandi:                                     A-lapbarr 

Wubuy:                                     

Ngalakgan:                                

Alawa:                                      Jirdbinamarl; Jirdbinamul  

Rembarrnga:                            

English:                                     Common Bronzewing Pigeon           

Scientific:                                  Phaps chalcoptera

Group name for birds

Marra              Rayi                               

Found nearly everywhere.
Usually alone or in pairs or small flocks near water.

They eat seeds and other plant material.

They make a messy nest of sticks placed low down in a tree or bush.
Both sexes sit on eggs and care for young.

Body size: 25-33cm
Grey-brown body; wings spotted with green, blue and red; males-cream patch on forehead and pink breast.
White stripe under and above eye.