goura

Etymology
From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in 's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus, from New Guinea