The story
'Miner' is a spelling variant of 'myna', a name given to this bird due to its superficial resemblance to the myna.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
noisy miner
Today it means: A grey honeyeater (Manorina melanocephala), that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye. Full definition →