Turacos (Musophagidae)
White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) - HBW 4, p. 501
French: Touraco à huppe blanche
German: Weißhaubenturako
Spanish: Turaco Crestiblanco
Taxonomy: Corythaix leucolophus Heuglin, 1855, Bahr el Abiad, upper White Nile, southern Sudan.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SE Nigeria, N Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau) E across S Chad and N Central African Republic to SW & S Sudan, NE Zaire, N & C Uganda and W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, showing comfort behaviour Locality Kakoge, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 46 sec 4.7 -
A perched bird, preening Locality National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2001 6 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
An individual perched and then calling Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 April 2012 1 year ago 42 sec 2.8 -
A bird resting in a tree Locality Uganda (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2004 7 years ago 6 sec 2.2
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A perched bird
Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Krzysztof Blachowiak 13 February 2012 44 weeks ago 3.9 -
Closeup
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 1 October 2009 3 years ago 3
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Bird calling Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 24 July 2007 3 years ago 3
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