Turacos (Musophagidae)
Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae) - HBW 4, p. 504
French: Touraco de Lady Ross
German: Rossturako
Spanish: Turaco de Ross
Other common names: Ross's Lourie, Lady Ross's Violet Plantain-eater/Turaco
Taxonomy: Musophaga Rossæ Gould, 1852, Angola.
Forms a superspecies with M. violacea. Monotypic.
Distribution: Widely distributed from NE & E Zaire, S Sudan, Uganda, W Kenya, NW Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi to all of S Zaire, N & E Angola and N Zambia; also isolated populations in NE Gabon, Cameroon, N Central African Republic, and at one or two localities in the Caprivi Strip and in the Okavango Delta in NW Botswana. May be sympatric with M. violacea in N Central African Republic and near Galim in C Cameroon.
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Three birds in a tree, two of them heteropreening Locality Nyabyeya, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 1 min 4.7 -
A bird in a tree Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
Dorsal view and a close-up of a bird preening and resting in a tree. Locality Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 June 2012 36 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird perched Locality National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2001 6 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
a few birds Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 9 October 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree eating fruits Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 28 sec 3.8
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A perched bird
Locality Fort Portal, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 22 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
Closeup
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 August 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
A bird at a feeder.
Locality Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 June 2012 36 weeks ago 3 -
A close-up of a bird.
Locality Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 June 2012 36 weeks ago 3 -
In tree
Locality Kibungo, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 18 April 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 June 2012 36 weeks ago 2.8
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A bird giving calls Locality Tropical Bird Garden, La Londe-les-Maures, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 1 September 2009 3 years ago 3
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