Purple-crested Turaco
A spectacular green turaco with a fluffy whitish crest. Shows large crimson wing patches in flight. An Ethiopian endemic that is found very locally in lush woodland and scrub, often in areas with fruiting trees. Acts like a typical turaco, bouncing through the trees and flying occasionally with short bursts of wingbeats and long glides. Calls include a hollow series of “krow” notes and a series of high-pitched, metallic calls. Similar to White-cheeked Turaco, but easily separated by its pale crest and lack of white facial markings.
NATIVE: Eswatini; South Africa Author: Anton Frolich
Tauraco hartlaubi, Hartlaub's Turaco, family Musophagidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in montane forests, lush woodlands and gardens. Acts like a typical turaco, bouncing through the trees and flying occasionally with short bursts of wingbeats and long glides. Similar overall to other turacos, but separated from most by the dark blue crown, and from Purple-crested Turaco by the white facial markings. Call is a gruff, accelerating series of “kow” notes.
Lotherton Hall 2011
Purple-crested Turaco Photo by Hugh Chittenden
A bulky, iridescent bird clad in deep purple, blue, green, and olive washed with pink. It clambers acrobatically through riverine woodland and savanna thickets. In flight it explodes from the canopy with distinctive deep red panels in the wings. It produces a distinctive croaking “khoh-khoh-khoh-khoh….” that gets progressively louder before suddenly stopping. The similar Ross’s Turaco differs from Purple-crested Turaco by being darker overall and having a red crest and yellow face.
Green-crested Turaco (Tauraco persa), female. Photo by Warren A. Williams.
Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix)
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