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Wapi kurighi ngape di gibe dobui kin tan pe yenu ye. This bird has long bones
and neck and lives in the fields.
wapi kuroqu n the Dollarbird, a small blue-grey bird
that lives in trees and is seen in the dry season (PL25#3)
Gh: wapi tugom [wapi thugom]; H: wapi gawchihawo
Wapi kuroqu quanj ire numbueq nyumo quari pe nas naq.
This bird kills a grasshopper and eats it in a dry tree.
wapi mabisvir n the Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon, it has green wings and a
purple tail (PL18#5); namba 3 balus
Gh: wapi miyab tir [miyab tir]; H: wapi mabhir
Ni nyingraiq wuso di nimbraqe te quan kumo pokpok rind. When it flies this
pigeon flaps its wings very hard (to get airborne).
wapi mabri n the Pinon Imperial Pigeon; a white breasted bird with gray wings,
red feet and eyes, a black beak and a white strip inside the tail. It makes a
distinctive resonant, low pitched sound (PL18#12); namba 1 balus
Gh: wapi miyab
wapi mimsiv [wapi mimsiv] n a name used for three small Kingfishers which live
by the water: the Azure Kingfisher, Dwarf Kingfisher and Little Kingfisher
(PL24#7,8,9)
Gh: wapi mame tiw; H: wapi mimhiw
Wapi mimsiv wuye umo ire numbueq naq. The kingfisher killed a fish and ate it.
wapi mine [wapi mine] n a name for several kinds of fruit doves including: the
Beautiful Fruit-Dove, Coroneted Fruit-Dove, Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, and
Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove (PL17#1,2,7,11); namba 5 balus
H: wapi yighiy [yighiy]; So: nyumo tu wapi
wapi minepo [wapi minepo] n the Superb Fruit-Dove (PL17#14)
Wapi minepo ni nyumo tu wam ris kin. The Superb Fruit-Dove stays in the tree
tops.