Turacos (Musophagidae)
Purple-crested Turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus) - HBW 4, p. 503
French: Touraco à huppe splendide
German: Glanzhaubenturako
Spanish: Turaco Crestimorado
Other common names: Violet-crested Turaco, Purple-crested Lourie
Taxonomy: Corythaix porphyreolopha Vigors, 1831, Durban.
Placed in the genus Musophaga by some authorities; formerly awarded monotypic genus Gallirex. Races intergrade in Zambezi Valley. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chlorochlamys (Shelley, 1881) - SE Kenya through Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda to Zambia (Victoria Falls, Luano and Luangwa Valleys), Malawi and N Mozambique.
- porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) - Zimbabwe and Mozambique S to E Transvaal and Natal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Pair, mudbathing flying off Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi (ssp chlorochlamys)
Roland Bischoff 3 October 2009 1 year ago 35 sec 4.8 -
An adult drinking and flying Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 8 October 2002 9 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 5 July 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
An individual foraging and feeding in a flowering tree Locality Mana Pools National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp porphyreolophus)
Greg Baker 12 September 1999 1 year ago 46 sec 3.3 -
A bird jumping on branches, and a close-up of its head. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 29 sec 3 -
A close up of the head of a bird in a zoo Locality Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3
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Perched in a tall tree
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 7 September 2011 24 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult perched above waterhole
Locality South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Philip Perry 1 June 1989 3 years ago 4 -
A bird in a bush.
Locality Harare, Zimbabwe
Laurent Demongin 19 September 2004 4 years ago 3.7 -
Individual feeding in fig tree.
Locality Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Miriam Bauman 2 October 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
In tree.
Locality Rusumo, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 18 October 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
Perched
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 15 October 2008 2 years ago 3
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Low notes by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
Calling in Satara area. 7:03am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp porphyreolophus)
Charles Hesse 26 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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