turacon.

Brit.

/ˈtʊərəkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈt(j)ʊrəˌkoʊ/

Forms: Also touraco, touracou, touracaw, turako, turakoo.

Etymology: = French touraco, Dutch toerako: < a word for Turacus persa in a West African language. Buffon, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux (1783), calls it tourocco, which name he claims to have invented from the first part of tourterelle turtle-dove + hocco, French name of the curassow; but the bird was known to G. Edwards 40 years earlier as touraco.

Any bird of the family Musophagidæ (plantain-eaters), natives of southern, west, and central Africa, and esp. of the genus Turacus (or Corythaix), large birds with brilliant purple, green, and crimson plumage and prominent crest (hence formerly called crown-birds); also of the genus Schizorrhis, with plumage of a plainer character.

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1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 7 The Touraco. This Bird is about the Bigness of a Magpye or Jay; the Make of its Body is rather long than round; the Head of a moderate Size.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 29/2 The Touracos..feed principally on soft fruits.

1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. vii. 77 His head was..decorated with the red feathers of a touracaw.

1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 38 The gay crested touraco (Corythaix), with its jay-like manner, beautiful and harsh-voiced as the Maids of Athens, aired its gorgeous coat in the sunbeams upon the tree-top.

1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 321 Turacus persa..Senegal Touracou... West Africa... T. livingstonii..Livingstone's Touracou... British Central Africa... T. corythaix..White-crested Touracou... South Africa.

1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 322 Gallirex chlorochlamys..Green-necked Touracou... Schizorhis africana..Variegated Touracou.

1932 Discovery Jan. 25/1 Colies, turacos, various doves and barbets..throng to the Amani plantations.

1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla ii. 55 A black-billed turaco flew up, flashing its brilliant crimson wings. Then this crow-sized bird hopped along a branch, chattering like a squirrel.

1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Oct. 23/4 You will see..exotic birds—bee-eaters, love-birds, sun-birds and turacos.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	turaco
释义	turacon. Brit. /ˈtʊərəkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈt(j)ʊrəˌkoʊ/ Forms: Also touraco, touracou, touracaw, turako, turakoo. Etymology: = French touraco, Dutch toerako: < a word for Turacus persa in a West African language. Buffon, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux (1783), calls it tourocco, which name he claims to have invented from the first part of tourterelle turtle-dove + hocco, French name of the curassow; but the bird was known to G. Edwards 40 years earlier as touraco. Any bird of the family Musophagidæ (plantain-eaters), natives of southern, west, and central Africa, and esp. of the genus Turacus (or Corythaix), large birds with brilliant purple, green, and crimson plumage and prominent crest (hence formerly called crown-birds); also of the genus Schizorrhis, with plumage of a plainer character. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Musophagidae (turaco) turaco1743 loerie1798 lory1810 plantain-cutter1859 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 7 The Touraco. This Bird is about the Bigness of a Magpye or Jay; the Make of its Body is rather long than round; the Head of a moderate Size. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 29/2 The Touracos..feed principally on soft fruits. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. vii. 77 His head was..decorated with the red feathers of a touracaw. 1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 38 The gay crested touraco (Corythaix), with its jay-like manner, beautiful and harsh-voiced as the Maids of Athens, aired its gorgeous coat in the sunbeams upon the tree-top. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 321 Turacus persa..Senegal Touracou... West Africa... T. livingstonii..Livingstone's Touracou... British Central Africa... T. corythaix..White-crested Touracou... South Africa. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 322 Gallirex chlorochlamys..Green-necked Touracou... Schizorhis africana..Variegated Touracou. 1932 Discovery Jan. 25/1 Colies, turacos, various doves and barbets..throng to the Amani plantations. 1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla ii. 55 A black-billed turaco flew up, flashing its brilliant crimson wings. Then this crow-sized bird hopped along a branch, chattering like a squirrel. 1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Oct. 23/4 You will see..exotic birds—bee-eaters, love-birds, sun-birds and turacos. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743
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