Cuculiformes
Turacos (Musophagidae)
HBW 4, p. 480
- Medium-sized to large, fairly stocky arboreal birds with a rather long tail and short, rounded wings; head often with prominent crest and strikingly coloured; plumage largely glossy.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Forest, woodland and savanna.
- 6 genera, 23 species, 38 taxa.
- 2 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 13 1 12 8 1 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- 6 2 4 8 2 Green Turaco (Tauraco persa)
- 6 1 1 4 8 3 Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii)
- 5 1 3 1 8 4 Schalow's Turaco (Tauraco schalowi)
- 8 1 4 3 8 5 Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix)
- 4 1 3 8 6 Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuetti)
- 5 1 1 3 8 9 White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
- 5 1 1 3 6 8 Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
- 1 1 8 8 Yellow-billed Turaco (Tauraco macrorhynchus)
- 2 1 1 3 10 Bannerman's Turaco (Tauraco bannermani)
- 7 6 1 8 11 Red-crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus)
- 5 5 8 12 Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi)
- 12 4 8 8 13 White-cheeked Turaco (Tauraco leucotis)
- 11 5 6 4 14 Ruspoli's Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii)
- 11 1 2 8 8 15 Purple-crested Turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus)
- 2 2 8 16 Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni)
- 22 16 6 8 17 Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea)
- 9 1 1 7 8 18 Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae)
- 10 3 7 8 20 Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus)
- 16 1 5 10 8 19 Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor)
- 21 2 6 13 8 21 White-bellied Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster)
- 18 1 6 11 8 22 Western Grey Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator)
- 6 2 4 8 23 Eastern Grey Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
Family statistics
6 genera, 23 species
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 23 species | (100%) |
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