Turacos (Musophagidae)
Green Turaco (Tauraco persa) - HBW 4, p. 499
French: Touraco vert
German: Guineaturako
Spanish: Turaco de Guinea
Other common names: Green Lourie, Guinea/Green-crested Turaco
Taxonomy: Cuculus Persa Linnaeus, 1758, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with T. livingstonii, T. schalowi, T. corythaix, T. schuetti and T. fischeri, a complex of allopatric forms formerly treated variably either as a single polytypic species or as three, five or six species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- buffoni (Vieillot, 1819) - Senegambia to Liberia.
- persa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ivory Coast and Ghana E to Mt Cameroon and Bamenda Highlands.
- zenkeri (Reichenow, 1896) - S Cameroon, Gabon, N Angola, Congo and NW Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perching on a branch Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 19 sec 4.5 -
looking around Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 23 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Safari Park, Aldea del Fresno, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 31 March 2007 4 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
birds on the ground,2 adults and 2 immatures Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 8 sec 4.3 -
An adult eating in a tree Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Alex García · Videoaves 18 April 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 38 sec 4 -
immature bird Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 13 sec 4
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An adult bird perched in the canopy (taken using fill-flash).
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp buffoni)
Steve Garvie 1 year ago 3.8 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp buffoni)
gemma aznar 1 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3.6 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp buffoni)
gemma aznar 1 August 2011 26 weeks ago 3.2 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp buffoni)
gemma aznar 1 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3 -
Male in a tree
Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp buffoni)
Jonathan Beilby 1 October 2008 2 years ago 3 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp buffoni)
gemma aznar 25 June 2011 29 weeks ago 1.8
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