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 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 1 min 44 sec 4.4 -
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 5 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch, looking back and shaking its plumage Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 October 2005 4 years ago 18 sec 3.2 -
A perched bird, preening. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 23 sec 3 -
A perched bird, resting. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 21 sec 2.5 -
A close view of a perched bird. Locality Aviapark, La Muela, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Jesús Laborda 18 April 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 2.5
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An adult resting on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 30 January 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Bird perched in a tree
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 July 2009 2 years ago 4 -
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 1 year ago 3.5 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
An adult perched in the canopy stretching its left wing.
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 15 October 2008 1 year ago 3.4
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Typical song. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 30 weeks ago 3 -
Typical song. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 30 weeks ago 2.5
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