a fruit-eating African bird with brightly coloured plumage, a prominent crest, and a long tail 蕉鹃。 亦称loerie 或 南非lourie
Family Musophagidae (the turaco family): three genera, especially Musophaga and Tauraco, and several species. The turaco family also includes the go-away birds and plantain-eaters 蕉鹃科:3属,尤指紫蕉鹃属和蕉鹃属,数种。蕉鹃科也包括灰蕉鹃
语源
mid 18th cent.: from French touraco, from a West African word