luurn(pa)nounred-backed kingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygiabird that tells when it’s summertimeYuru purlkanyalu nyarrkalpungkula kutipitjaku. Nyangka ngari-ngari ngarala-wananma. Nyangka luurntu tjarrparralpi ngampu tjunku.A big stream of water could gouge out the earth and go on. Then a steep bank continues along for some distance. So kingfishers go into it and lay their eggs there.

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