Austral. Also wanga-wanga. [Native name.] An Australian pigeon, Leucosarcia picata. Also wonga(-wonga) pigeon.
1827. P. Cunningham, Two Yrs. N.S. Wales, I. xvii. 321. A large pigeon named the wanga-wanga, of the size and appearance of the ringdove.
1846. J. L. Stokes, Discov. Australia, I. x. 314. At Captain King’s table I tasted the wonga-wonga pigeon.
1887. W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, New Chum in Queensland Bush, viii. 149. An occasional plain or scrub turkey, and wonga or squatter pigeons.
