Turacos (Musophagidae)
Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) - HBW 4, p. 499
French: Touraco géant
German: Riesenturako
Spanish: Turaco Gigante
Other common names: Great Turaco, (Great) Blue Plantain-eater
Taxonomy: Musophaga cristata Vieillot, 1816, Sierra Leone.
E African birds formerly separated in race yalensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Equatorial Africa from Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and Ivory Coast E to Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Bioko (Fernando Po), Gabon, N Angola, Congo, Zaire, S Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, NW Tanzania and W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird preening and a close-up of its crest erect Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
Three birds in a tree, preening Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 5 years ago 48 sec 4.1 -
bird collecting branches for nest Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 September 2010 51 weeks ago 57 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree preening, then alert Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 42 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree, eating leaves Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 38 sec 3.7 -
A pair showing courtship feeding Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 3.7
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Adult displaying in tree.
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 22 December 2009 1 year ago 2.8 -
A close-up.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 2.8
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