Noocan ayaa markii dambe ku lumay markab burburay, laakiin sawir uu cinwaankiisu yahay Mérion leucoptère oo uu qoray Jacques Arago ayaa badbaaday oo horseeday sharraxaadda shimbiraha 1824 ee uu sameeyay cilmi-baaraha shimbiraha Faransiiska Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix. Magaca noocyada ayaa laga soo qaatay Giriiggii hore leuko- "cad" iyo pteron "baal". Si la yaab leh, nooca asalka ahaa ee madow-plumaged subspecies ka Dirk Hartogtida, oo aan la diiwaan gelin muddo 80 sano ah. Dhanka kale, noocyadaas oo si ballaaran u faafay waxaa lagu ogaaday safarkii Louis de Freycinet ee ku wareegsan Koonfurta Hemisphere.
Dalka New South Wales