Turacos (Musophagidae)
Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) - HBW 4, p. 504
French: Touraco violet
German: Schildturako
Spanish: Turaco Violáceo
Other common names: Violet Plantain-eater
Taxonomy: Musophaga violacea Isert, 1789, Accra, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with M. rossae. Birds from E end of range formerly awarded separate race, savannicola. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Senegambia and Guinea E to N Nigeria and NW Cameroon, extending S to the coast in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo, but not in Sierra Leone, Liberia or Nigeria; also an apparently isolated population in extreme S Chad and N Central African Republic.
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one bird perching Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 1 min 44 sec 4.5 -
A bird moving among branches and then resting Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 6 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird calling on a branch and flying off. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 22 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch, turning around and rubbing the bill. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 17 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched in a tree singing twice, seen from below. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 23 sec 3.4 -
A bird perched in a tree, seen from below. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 18 sec 3.3
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An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 30 January 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Bird perched in a tree
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Adult
Locality Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 5 February 2011 27 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird peering down from the canopy (a fairly typical view of this bird in the wild!).
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 7 December 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
An adult resting on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A perched adult bird that had been feeding on small figs.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 17 November 2005 3 years ago 3.6
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Song by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
Typical song. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Typical song. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 1 year ago 2.5
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