Gli aborigeni australiani Koori chiamavano anch'essi Altair "Bunjil", che significa l'aquila cuneata; Tarazed e Alshain rappresentavano invece le sue mogli, cioè due cigni neri. ###>The Koori people of Victoria also knew Altair as "Bunjil", the wedge-tailed eagle, and β and γ Aquilae are his two wives the black swans.