Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Donald A. Turner and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2017
Text last updated March 16, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Bloukuifloerie |
Catalan | turac de cresta porpra |
Czech | turako lesklohlavý |
Dutch | Purperkuiftoerako |
English | Purple-crested Turaco |
English (United States) | Purple-crested Turaco |
French | Touraco à huppe splendide |
French (France) | Touraco à huppe splendide |
German | Glanzhaubenturako |
Hebrew | טורקו סגול-ציצית |
Icelandic | Gljádofri |
Japanese | ズグロエボシドリ |
Norwegian | purpurkroneturako |
Polish | turak rdzawy |
Russian | Пурпурнохохлый турако |
Serbian | Ljubičastoćubi turako |
Slovak | turako lesklohlavý |
Spanish | Turaco Crestimorado |
Spanish (Spain) | Turaco crestimorado |
Swedish | purpurtofsad turako |
Turkish | Mor Tepeli Turako |
Ukrainian | Турако фіолетовочубий |
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Corythaix porphyreolopha
Vigors, 1831. Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.8, p.93.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa inland from Algoa Bay.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TAURACO
- porphyreolopha / porphyreolophus
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