Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- 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 | Geelbekloerie |
| Bulgarian | Дебелоклюно турако |
| Catalan | turac becgroc |
| Croatian | žutokljuni turako |
| Czech | turako žlutozobý |
| Dutch | Geelsnaveltoerako |
| English | Yellow-billed Turaco |
| English (AVI) | Yellow-billed Turaco |
| English (United States) | Yellow-billed Turaco |
| Estonian | paguturako |
| Finnish | viiksiturako |
| French | Touraco à gros bec |
| French (Canada) | Touraco à gros bec |
| German | Blaurückenturako |
| Japanese | ハシブトエボシドリ |
| Norwegian | blåvingeturako |
| Polish | turak żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Turaco-de-bico-amarelo |
| Russian | Желтоклювый турако |
| Serbian | Žutokljuni turako |
| Slovak | turako veľkozobý |
| Spanish | Turaco Piquigualdo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Turaco piquigualdo |
| Swedish | gulnäbbad turako |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Turako |
| Ukrainian | Турако жовтодзьобий |
Tauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Corythaix macrorhynchus
Fraser, 1839. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt7 no.74, p. 34.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aviary specimen, no locality = Sierra Leone apud Bannerman.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TAURACO
- macrorhyncha / macrorhynchos / macrorhynchus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
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)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Yellow-billed Turaco (Yellow-billed) Tauraco macrorhynchus macrorhynchus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Sierra Leone E to Ghana.
Tauraco macrorhynchus macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Corythaix macrorhynchus
Fraser, 1839. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt7 no.74, p. 34.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aviary specimen, no locality = Sierra Leone apud Bannerman.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TAURACO
- macrorhyncha / macrorhynchos / macrorhynchus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
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)
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Yellow-billed Turaco (Verreaux's) Tauraco macrorhynchus verreauxii Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (including Bioko) S to Gabon, SW Congo, W DRCongo and N Angola (Cabinda).
Tauraco macrorhynchus verreauxii (Schlegel, 1854)
PROTONYM:
Musophaga Verreauxii
Schlegel, 1854. Journal für Ornithologie 2, p.462.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Gaboon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TAURACO
- macrorhyncha / macrorhynchos / macrorhynchus
- verreauxii / verreauxius / verreauxorum
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Yellow-billed Turaco
