Ornith. [ad. F. troupiale (Brisson, 1760), f. troupe troop, from its living in flocks.] A name given to various species of birds of the American family Icteridæ; esp. the icteric oriole. Also attrib.
[1825. Waterton, Wand. S. Amer. (1882), 26. You hear the pretty songster called Troupiale pour forth a variety of sweet and plaintive notes.]
1825. Bonaparte, Amer. Ornith., I. 27. Yellow-headed Troopial. Ibid., 28. Red-winged Troopial. Ibid., 31. All the species of Troopial are peculiar to America.
1863. Bates, Nat. Amazon, vii. (1864), 168. Flocks of a handsome bird belonging to the Icteridæ or troupial family.
1892. W. H. Hudson, Nat. La Plata, 283. A scarlet-breasted troupial of La Plata.
1895. Newton, Dict. Birds, Troopial.
