Nyarima

Find a Bird and its original First Nation Name

Welcome to Nyarima

Find a bird and its original First Nations name here! (Plant & Animals coming soon)

Nyarima is a place where you can  discover the name of that bird you’ve always wondered about and importantly you can find its original Indigenous name. In  most cases this is a beautiful name closely related to the bird call sound itself or to specific features of the bird. In addition to the knowledge,  Nyarima also offers you the opportunity to explore First Nation peoples’  knowledge of birds.  ‘Nyarima’ means the giving of names or the giving of ones totem.

Let’s Get Started

Choose an Environment below (Salt, Fresh, Inland) to narrow the search for your bird or Use the Map to choose a language area and then find language names and stories for birds in this area (Yugambeh on the Gold Coast is the only option currently available) or use the Search bar to enter the name, a feature of the bird you are looking for (e.g. colour) or a cultural story it features in (e.g. fire) or select from the Alphabetised list on the right (a selection of birds as not all birds are available at this time).

Search for Birds by Country (Environment)

Search for Birds with stories/names by Language area

Zoom in to just inland of the Australian Gold Coast and search for the Yugambeh language area (pilot area)

Birds from A-Z

Albert's Lyrebird
Apostlebird
Australasian Darter
Australasian Swamphen
Australian Brush-turkey
Australian Hobby
Australian King Parrot
Australian Logrunner
Australian Magpie
Australian Pelican
Australian Raven
Australian Spotted Crake
Australian White Ibis
Azure Kingfisher
Baillon's Crake
Barking Owl
Black Falcon
Black Kite
Black Swan
Black-faced Monarch
Black-necked Stork
Black-shouldered Kite
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Brahminy Kite
Brolga
Brown Falcon
Brown Goshawk
Brown Quail
Buff-banded Rail
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Sparrowhawk
Dollarbird
Dusky Moorhen
Eastern Barn Owl
Eastern Grass Owl
Eastern Koel
Eastern Osprey
Emu
Eurasian Coot
Forest Kingfisher
Galah
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Green Catbird
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Fantail
Grey Goshawk
Laughing Kookaburra
Leaden Flycatcher
Lewin's Rail
Little Corella
Little Eagle
Little Lorikeet
Long-billed Corella
Magpie-lark
Marbled Frogmouth
Masked Owl
Musk Lorikeet
Nankeen Kestrel
Pacific Baza
Pacific Black Duck
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Peregrine Falcon
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Powerful Owl
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Restless Flycatcher
Rufous Fantail
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Satin Flycatcher
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Sooty Owl
Southern Boobook
Spectacled Monarch
Spotless Crake
Spotted Pardalote
Square-tailed Kite
Striated Pardalote
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Swamp Harrier
Tawny Frogmouth
Torresian Crow
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
White-eared Monarch
White-headed Pigeon
White-throated Nightjar
White-winged Chough
Willie Wagtail
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo