From what I can find, this is an Incan name for a species of goose. "Its plumage is of a snowy whiteness, all except the wings, which are bright green and violet, while the beak, legs, and feet, are scarlet." -- Thomas Mayne Reid, The Forest Exiles or, The Perils of a Peruvian Family amid The Wilds of the Amazon, first published c. 1855
Wow, c_b, you're doing my bird wirk for me!
From what I can find, this is an Incan name for a species of goose. "Its plumage is of a snowy whiteness, all except the wings, which are bright green and violet, while the beak, legs, and feet, are scarlet." -- Thomas Mayne Reid, The Forest Exiles or, The Perils of a Peruvian Family amid The Wilds of the Amazon, first published c. 1855
huachua: a name with distinct sternutatory qualities.
"'For example there is a splendid goose we call huachua which has dark green wings, merging to violet...'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 181