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dunny budgie

A blowfly.

In a sentence

A dunny budgie buzzed around the back verandah.

Where it came from

The expression is documented in Australian animal/slang discovery streams as a comic nickname for a blowfly.

Initial era
1900–1999
Where used
Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established

Sources