エボシガラ

Japanese

エボシガラ or tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor

Alternative forms

• 烏帽子雀

Etymology

Superficially of 烏帽子(えぼし) (eboshi, “priest's cap”) + がら, but the origin of the latter portion is uncertain. Compare etymology at 山雀(やまがら) (yamagara, “varied tit”). Compare also 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), 四十雀(しじゅうから) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”).

Noun

エボシガラ • (eboshigara) 

1. a tufted titmouse

See also

• 烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (eboshi)