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As I understand it, the English word for turkey comes from the belief they were imported from the Americas through Turkey. 216.165.24.112 06:28, 12 December 2008 (UTC) If you click the Türkçe link under "languages" on the side bar for Turkey (bird) it will get you to Hindi (kuş) which is the Turkish equivalent. The (mis-)naming of the bird ...
Turkey Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene – Recent A male wild turkey strutting Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Phasianinae Tribe: Tetraonini Genus: Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) Linnaeus, 1758 Species M ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Turkey. The avifauna of Turkey include a total of 495 species, of which 90 have occurred accidentally and 4 have been introduced by humans . The official checklist of birds of Turkey is maintained by the Turkish Bird Records Committee, [ 1 ] which receives and reviews the submitted records via eBird .
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
Origin of the Bird's name should be given in the opening to eliminate confusion with the name of the Turkish nation. For example this bird is called "Hindi" (Indian) in Turkish due to the historical Indian trade route. Similarly "corn" is called "misir" (Egypt) in Turkish due to the historic grain trade route coming from Egypt.
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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
The family Pycnonotidae was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 as a subfamily Pycnonotinae of the thrush family Turdidae. [1] [2] The Arabic word bulbul (بلبل) is sometimes used to refer to the "nightingale" as well as the bulbul, but the English word bulbul refers to the birds discussed in this article. [3]