Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Asturian | Turacu violaceu |
Bulgarian | Виолетово турако |
Catalan | turac violaci |
Czech | turako fialový |
Dutch | Violette Toerako |
English | Violet Turaco |
English (United States) | Violet Turaco |
French | Touraco violet |
French (France) | Touraco violet |
Galician | Turaco violeta |
German | Schildturako |
Icelandic | Fjóludofri |
Japanese | ニシムラサキエボシドリ |
Norwegian | fioletturako |
Polish | turak fioletowy |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pavão-azul |
Russian | Фиолетовый турако |
Serbian | Ljubičasti turako |
Slovak | turako fialový |
Spanish | Turaco Violáceo |
Spanish (Spain) | Turaco violáceo |
Swedish | lila turako |
Turkish | Mor Turako |
Ukrainian | Турако фіолетовий |
Musophaga violacea Isert, 1788
PROTONYM:
Musophaga violacea
Isert, 1788. Schriften der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 9, p.18 pl.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Accra, Gold Coast.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MUSOPHAGA
- violacea
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Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea Scientific name definitions
Donald A. Turner and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2017
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
Authors
Donald A. Turner and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Turner, D. A. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.viotur1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 16, 2017
- Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
Authors
Donald A. Turner and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Turner, D. A. and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.