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Australian Aborigines have long observed some rather unusual behavior that gives an entirely new definition to the term “Firebird.” In Australia, “firehawk” is a generic term for either a Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus), or Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)—similar to how the term “catamount” is used in eastern North America to refer to anything from a bobcat to a cougar. To outsiders, the name “firehawk” seemed rather whimsical I suppose, but Aboriginal people insisted that the “firehawks” garnered that moniker for good reason as they were seen to carry burning sticks away from fires, to new areas, to star new fires. While this avian behavior has been previously characterized as “accidental” at best, researchers from Australia, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Arizona, through extensive interviews and ethnographic study have now documented anecdotes about the fire-spreading behavior of these birds in the Journal of Ethnobiology.
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