Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloukuifloerie |
| Czech | turako lesklohlavý |
| Dutch | Purperkuiftoerako |
| English | Purple-crested Turaco |
| English (United States) | Purple-crested Turaco |
| French | Touraco à huppe splendide |
| French (French Guiana) | Touraco à huppe splendide |
| German | Glanzhaubenturako |
| 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 |
Revision Notes
In this partial revision, the Sounds and Vocal Behavior section was revised by Peter F. D. Boesman.
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Corythaix porphyreolopha
Vigors, 1831. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.8, p. 93.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa inland from Algoa Bay.
Definitions
- TAURACO
- porphyreolophus
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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