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546:(in French). Utrecht. p. 28, Number 478.
384:in 1821. The generic name combines the Latin
328:call, which is very familiar in west Africa.
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661:The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
610:The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
352:which was produced under the supervision of
310:This bird is similar to the closely related
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380:that was erected by the Polish zoologist
523:Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle
519:"Le tanas ou faucon pêcheur, du Sénégal"
350:Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle
317:This species feeds on fruit, especially
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338:Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
324:The Western plantain-eater has a loud
613:. London: Christopher Helm. pp.
588:. International Ornithologists' Union
392:meaning "bearing". The specific name
7:
664:. London: Christopher Helm. p.
321:, seeds and other vegetable matter.
1273:IUCN Red List least concern species
447:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
237:family, a group of large arboreal
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644:Check-list of Birds of the World
563:Check-list of Birds of the World
503:Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
483:Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
436:BirdLife International. (2016).
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580:; Donsker, David, eds. (2019).
689:by Barlow, Wacher and Disley,
488:Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
342:Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
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1293:Taxa named by Pieter Boddaert
586:World Bird List Version 9.2
515:Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie
399:The American ornithologist
233:, is a large member of the
231:western grey plantain-eater
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932:White-bellied go-away-bird
658:Jobling, James A. (2010).
607:Jobling, James A. (2010).
507:Martinet, François-Nicolas
407:that had been proposed by
396:is Latin for "fisherman.
346:François-Nicolas Martinet
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89:Scientific classification
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367:in his catalogue of the
1288:Birds described in 1783
922:Bare-faced go-away-bird
35:Western plantain-eater
917:Eastern plantain-eater
912:Western plantain-eater
312:eastern plantain-eater
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285:
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217:western plantain-eater
1219:Paleobiology Database
862:Purple-crested turaco
511:Daubenton, Edme-Louis
291:
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225:), also known as the
1283:Birds of West Africa
887:White-cheeked turaco
817:Yellow-billed turaco
807:White-crested turaco
787:Livingstone's turaco
382:Feliks Paweł Jarocki
354:Edme-Louis Daubenton
802:Black-billed turaco
687:Birds of The Gambia
413:Phasianus africanus
388:meaning "hair" and
369:Planches Enluminées
294:University of Ghana
227:grey plantain-eater
59:Conservation status
827:Red-crested turaco
822:Bannerman's turaco
417:African fish eagle
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286:
282:Wildlife World Zoo
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1250:Crinifer-piscator
1206:Open Tree of Life
1019:Crinifer_piscator
1005:Crinifer piscator
975:Crinifer piscator
967:Taxon identifiers
958:
957:
950:Great blue turaco
927:Grey go-away-bird
832:Hartlaub's turaco
675:978-1-4081-2501-4
639:Peters, James Lee
624:978-1-4081-2501-4
558:Peters, James Lee
440:Crinifer piscator
222:Crinifer piscator
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812:Fischer's turaco
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1128:iNaturalist
999:Wikispecies
942:Corythaeola
578:Gill, Frank
409:John Latham
360:coined the
326:cow-cow-cow
1267:Categories
1245:Xeno-canto
423:References
543:enluminés
405:africanus
174:Species:
112:Kingdom:
106:Eukaryota
1278:Crinifer
1172:22688415
1146:11046169
1045:22688415
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990:Q1061026
984:Wikidata
903:Crinifer
853:Gallirex
539:(1783).
485:(1770).
467:1 August
394:piscator
377:Crinifer
332:Taxonomy
206:Boddaert
167:Crinifer
152:Family:
126:Chordata
122:Phylum:
116:Animalia
102:Domain:
79:IUCN 3.1
1120:2475211
1094:wesple1
1068:wesple1
1027:Avibase
766:Tauraco
754:Species
730:Turacos
617:, 308.
592:20 July
348:in the
208:, 1783)
162:Genus:
142:Order:
132:Class:
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1159:555345
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386:crinis
253:Africa
246:Africa
235:turaco
51:Gambia
1198:72108
1141:IRMNG
1107:31580
1089:eBird
1065:BOW:
1058:95449
744:Genus
373:genus
302:Ghana
298:Accra
242:birds
1237:5052
1180:NCBI
1167:IUCN
1154:ITIS
1133:7248
1115:GBIF
1081:ZGDQ
1053:BOLD
691:ISBN
670:ISBN
619:ISBN
594:2019
469:2021
452:2016
390:-fer
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136:Aves
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