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 (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 3 October 2009 26 weeks ago 35 sec 4.8 -
A bird preening Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 5 July 2006 3 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
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 8 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A close up of the head of a bird in a zoo Locality Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird feeding in a tree and flying away Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Max Roth 30 September 2000 6 years ago 29 sec 3 -
A group on the ground Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 8 October 2002 8 years ago 26 sec 3
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A bird in a bush.
Locality Harare, Zimbabwe
Laurent Demongin 19 September 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Adult perched above waterhole
Locality South Africa
ingwe24 1 June 1989 2 years ago 3.9 -
Individual feeding in fig tree.
Locality Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Miriam Bauman 2 October 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
In tree.
Locality Rusumo, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 18 October 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Perched
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 15 October 2008 43 weeks ago 2.9 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp porphyreolophus)
Carmelo López 12 November 2010 51 weeks ago 2.5
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Calling in Satara area. 7:03am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp porphyreolophus)
Charles Hesse 26 December 2009 1 year ago 3
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