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Definition of Musophaga

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Musophaga violacea
Plantain cutter, or Plantain eater (Zo["o]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or family Musophagid[ae], especially Musophaga violacea. See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos. Plantain squirrel (Zo["o]l.), a Java squirrel (Sciurus plantani) which feeds upon plantains. Plantain tree (Bot.), the treelike herb Musa paradisiaca. See def. 1 (above).

Meaning of Musophaga from wikipedia

- Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant...
- Zoo, Georgia, US Media related to Musophaga violacea at Wikimedia Commons BirdLife International (2012). "Musophaga violacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
- 1969) Kašin 1976 [Musophaga meini Ballmann 1969; Apopempsis meini (Ballmann 1969) Brodkorb 1971] †V. afric**** (Harrison 1980) [Musophaga afric**** Harrison...
- colors, hardiness and calm disposition. BirdLife International (2012). "Musophaga rossae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November...
- Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae Genus: Gallirex Species: G. johnstoni Binomial name Gallirex johnstoni Sharpe, 1901 Synonyms Musophaga johnstoni...
- The purple-crested turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) or, in South Africa, the purple-crested loerie, (Khurukhuru in the Luvenḓa (Venḓa) language is a species...
- and molecular phylogeny, and that the species be transferred to genus Musophaga, because they are not recovered with other Tauraco species. BirdLife International...
- name is Turaco. Turacos (the 10 species of the Tauraco and the 2 of the Musophaga) are the only birds to possess true red and green colour. When you look...
- 2023. Turner, Donald A.; Boesman, Peter F. D. (2020). "Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology...
- endangered, near-threatened, and vulnerable categories are: The violet turaco (Musophaga violacea) is a species of least concern, which is found in large numbers...