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Musophaga Rossae -Lady Ross' Turaco -Houston Zoo
''Tauraco'' is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant amounts of turacoverdin-colored plumage generally sets ''Tauraco'' species apart from other Musophagidae. Indeed, as opposed to any other known birds, ''Tauraco'' turacos are the only living bird taxa that have any significant green pigment whatsoever, as the greens of many parrots etc. are due to structural color, not pigment. Their genus name was derived from a native West African name. Taxonomy The genus ''Tauraco'' was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk. The type species was later designated as the Guinea turaco The Guinea turaco (''Tauraco persa''), also known as the green turaco or green lourie, is a species of turaco, a group of otidimorphae birds belonging to the family Musophagidae. It was formerly included in the Livingstone's, Schalow's, Knysn .... Species The genus contains 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischer's Turaco
Fischer's turaco (''Tauraco fischeri'') is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Coastal East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping for the wildlife trade. Name The common name and scientific name of this bird commemorate the German explorer Gustav Fischer (explorer), Gustav Fischer. This bird is also known as East African red-crested lourie. Description Measurements: * Length: 16 in (40 cm) * Weight: Males 8.11-9.49 oz (230-269 g); females 8.01-9.98 oz (227-283 g) These green bodied turacos have a white-tipped reddish crest, a black belly, and red primaries. They also feature green-blue wings and a dark blue-green tail. The red skin around their eyes is margined in front by a white line that extends to its bright red bill, and below by a small black patch a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Turaco
The green turaco is a group of four taxa of turacos, which once were considered conspecific under the scientific name ''Tauraco persa'', but now are treated as four separate species: * Guinea turaco, Guinea (or green) turaco, ''Tauraco persa'' * Schalow's turaco, ''Tauraco schalowi'' * Livingstone's turaco, ''Tauraco livingstonii'' * Knysna turaco, ''Tauraco corythaix'' {{Animal common name Turacos, Turacos Birds by common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-billed Turaco
The yellow-billed turaco (''Tauraco macrorhynchus'') is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The range of the yellow-billed turaco has a discontinuity, due to the dryer climate in the Dahomey Gap In West Africa, the Dahomey Gap refers to the portion of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic that extends all the way to the coast in Benin, Togo, and Ghana, thus separating the forest zone that covers much of the south of the region into two separa ..., separating two morphologically distinct subspecies, ''T. m. macrorhynchus'' from Sierra Leone to Ghana and ''T. m. verreauxii'' from Nigeria, through DR Congo to Angola. It has been proposed that they be recognised as two phylogenetic species, based on the biogeography, morphology and molecular phylogeny, and that the species be transferred to genu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauraco Fischeri - 20030516
''Tauraco'' is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant amounts of turacoverdin-colored plumage generally sets ''Tauraco'' species apart from other Musophagidae. Indeed, as opposed to any other known birds, ''Tauraco'' turacos are the only living bird taxa that have any significant green pigment whatsoever, as the greens of many parrots etc. are due to structural color, not pigment. Their genus name was derived from a native West African name. Taxonomy The genus ''Tauraco'' was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk. The type species was later designated as the Guinea turaco The Guinea turaco (''Tauraco persa''), also known as the green turaco or green lourie, is a species of turaco, a group of otidimorphae birds belonging to the family Musophagidae. It was formerly included in the Livingstone's, Schalow's, Knysn .... Species The genus contains 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross's Turaco
Ross's turaco or Lady Ross's turaco (''Tauraco rossae'') is a mainly bluish-purple African bird of the turaco family, Musophagidae. Characteristics This species expresses very little sexual dimorphism, with both males and females being the same deep shade of blue with red head crowns and flight feathers. Females can have slightly more yellow-green beaks while males always have a bright yellow, with both having a forehead shield that flares to a medium orange. Their wings are round and short, best for short bursts of powered flight. They have black legs with three forward facing toes; with a fourth toe being semi-zygodactylous, which makes them nimble canopy dwellers. Size can vary from 15 to 18 inches and weigh just under one pound. They are considered very sturdy birds that can live anywhere from 8 to 20 years. Sources on life spans tend to vary. Habitat This bird is mostly found in woodlands, open forest and riparian habitats in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musophaga Rossae -Lady Ross' Turaco -Houston Zoo
''Tauraco'' is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant amounts of turacoverdin-colored plumage generally sets ''Tauraco'' species apart from other Musophagidae. Indeed, as opposed to any other known birds, ''Tauraco'' turacos are the only living bird taxa that have any significant green pigment whatsoever, as the greens of many parrots etc. are due to structural color, not pigment. Their genus name was derived from a native West African name. Taxonomy The genus ''Tauraco'' was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk. The type species was later designated as the Guinea turaco The Guinea turaco (''Tauraco persa''), also known as the green turaco or green lourie, is a species of turaco, a group of otidimorphae birds belonging to the family Musophagidae. It was formerly included in the Livingstone's, Schalow's, Knysn .... Species The genus contains 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-billed Turaco
The black-billed turaco (''Tauraco schuettii'') is a medium-sized turaco, an endemic family to sub- Saharan Africa. It is a resident breeder in the forests of central Africa, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, West Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. Description The bird is long; ranging in weight from . Adult similar to green turaco, distinguished by small all-black bill and rounded whitish crest. It lays two eggs in a platform of twigs around above the ground. Both the male and female defend a territory and share incubation duties. Its call is a distinctive feature of the forests of the Congo, a resonant ''kwah khaw kwah''. In areas where its range overlaps with the Rwenzori turaco it will aggressively respond to the calls of that species. It is a widespread species and is not threatened globally (CITES II). References * Del Hoyo, Elliott and Sargatal (editors), ''Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 4'', {{Taxonbar, from=Q998480 black-billed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-billed Turaco
The black-billed turaco (''Tauraco schuettii'') is a medium-sized turaco, an endemic family to sub- Saharan Africa. It is a resident breeder in the forests of central Africa, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, West Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. Description The bird is long; ranging in weight from . Adult similar to green turaco, distinguished by small all-black bill and rounded whitish crest. It lays two eggs in a platform of twigs around above the ground. Both the male and female defend a territory and share incubation duties. Its call is a distinctive feature of the forests of the Congo, a resonant ''kwah khaw kwah''. In areas where its range overlaps with the Rwenzori turaco it will aggressively respond to the calls of that species. It is a widespread species and is not threatened globally (CITES II). References * Del Hoyo, Elliott and Sargatal (editors), ''Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 4'', {{Taxonbar, from=Q998480 black-billed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knysna Turaco
The Knysna turaco (''Tauraco corythaix''), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Swaziland. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of West Africa. The Livingstone's and Schalow's turacos were once considered subspecies. This species lays two eggs in a shallow platform nest made from sticks and placed in a tree or clump of creepers. Within its range, this is an unmistakable bird, although often inconspicuous in the treetops. It is 40–42 cm long, including a long tail. The small but thick orange-red bill and a white line just under the eye contrast with the mainly green plumage. It has a tall green crest, which is tipped with white. The eye is brown and the eye-ring deep red. In flight, Knysna turaco shows conspicuous crimson primary flight feathers. Sexes are similar, but juven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauraco Corythaix 2
''Tauraco'' is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant amounts of turacoverdin-colored plumage generally sets ''Tauraco'' species apart from other Musophagidae. Indeed, as opposed to any other known birds, ''Tauraco'' turacos are the only living bird taxa that have any significant green pigment whatsoever, as the greens of many parrots etc. are due to structural color, not pigment. Their genus name was derived from a native West African name. Taxonomy The genus ''Tauraco'' was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk. The type species was later designated as the Guinea turaco The Guinea turaco (''Tauraco persa''), also known as the green turaco or green lourie, is a species of turaco, a group of otidimorphae birds belonging to the family Musophagidae. It was formerly included in the Livingstone's, Schalow's, Knysn .... Species The genus contains 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schalow's Turaco
Schalow's turaco (''Tauraco schalowi'') is a frugivorous bird in the family Musophagidae. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German banker and amateur ornithologist Herman Schalow. Characteristics These birds are light for a turaco species; weighing just over half a pound (270g), with a length of 15 to 17 inches. Their colour is a coppery-jade green that fades to a dark iridescent blue the closer you get towards the tail. They have long white tripped crests with small red beaks and red skin around their dark eyes lined with white feathers. Mature birds have, on average, the longest crests of any turaco species. Their wings are short and round with red flight feathers meant for short flights. Habitat It is distributed mainly in Zambia, central Angola, the southern DRC, and the uplands of southern Kenya, northern and western Tanzania and western Malawi. It occurs very locally in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, where it frequents riparian habitats of the Zam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
