Talk:Turaco

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Synonyms Plantain eater Go-away bird  Musophagidae Musophagiformes

In South Africa they are called Lourie (See Newman's Birds of South Africa e.g.)

In Neognathae indicated that Musophagiformes - an order of birds. And in fact Musophagiformes is redirect to the article Turaco, and the latter shows that Turaco from the order of birds Cuculiformes.--Vaqo (talk) 06:36, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

which?
"Many species are noisy, with the go-away-birds being especially noted for their piercing alarm calls, which alert other fauna to the presence of predators or hunters; their common name is onomatopoeia of this." Which common name? 'Turaco' sounds a bit like a sound a bird might make, but it's far from obvious that this is what's meant, especially as the alarm calls are connected in the sentence with the go-away birds; I struggle to believe that the loud call that warns other animals of predators also happens to make a sound like 'go-away' (perhaps the editor didn't mean onomatopoeia?); another possible meaning comes from the earlier statement that "in southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as loeries" - is it this common name that is onomatopoeic of the call?

Oh also, it should be "...is onomatopoeic of this" or preferably "...is an onomatopoeia of this". I'm not going to make that edit though until I know which one of the common names the statement refers to, or if it even actually is an onomatopoeia.Adam Dent (talk) 11:15, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Switzerland misinformation.
There are a large number of websites reporting that there are turacos in Switzerland, and that it is that country's national bird - no mention of which species. The purple-headed turaco, however, is the national bird of Eswatini -formerly known as Swaziland - and this seems to be where the confusion comes from.

Should this be added to the wiki? The mentioned misinformation is quite widespread. Quasirodent (talk) 22:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)