Local derogatory expression for an Australian who is loud, raucous and not very intelligent. Also the name of a variety of local bird. They have strong similarities! They are quite prevalent and a flock of them can be extremely noisy (I mean the birds…… although it’s sometimes true of the former!)
This variety is pink, grey and white.
I actually find the lorikeets a more attractive bird.
This group regularly decides to feed in the gum tree outside our bedroom window early in the morning .
A slightly different variety of these live in Western Australia where they are commonly known as “Twenty-eights”. Why? Because their call sounds almost exactly like they are calling out the number twenty-eight.
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