monkey-bird, noun
- Origin:
- See quotation 1923.
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In the Eastern Cape: the kakelaar, Phoeniculus purpureus.
1923 Haagner & Ivy Sketches of S. Afr. Bird-Life 39In Grahamstown it (sc. the wood hoopoe) is often called the Monkey-bird, probably..on account of its chattering, noisy habits.
1937 M. Alston Wanderings 223The noisy red-billed hoopoes..well deserve the name of either ‘kakelaars’ or ‘monkey-birds’.
In the Eastern Cape: the kakelaar, Phoeniculus purpureus.
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