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Australian Pelican - Aboriginal information (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Alternative name: "Spectacled Pelican" Aboriginal names: "gulaanbali" [yuwaalaraay], "guliyali"/"guliyaali"/"gulayaali" [gamilarray, yuwaalaraay, yuwaaliyaay]; "jungahr"/"jungar"/"jungur*", "ngadjang-nguhr" [bundjalung]; "patjangal"/"paRangal" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "nerimba", "boodelong" "ngooloomberri" (WA); "bilbungra", "boolungal", "millemurro", "nangkero", "parangool", "tarraloo", "thaumpara", "warandoo", "bulwarra", "kunumbirra" Size: 1.6-1.8 m; wing span 2.3-2.5 m Weight: 4-13 kg (typically 4.5-7.7 kg)

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Spiritual significance

The Australian Pelican features in Aboriginal creation stories. A few examples are reproduced or listed here.

R. A. Roberts and C. P. Mountford tell the story of "Boora the Pelican" (1968 ed.), p. 16. This story explains how Australian Pelicans got their black and white colour pattern.

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