Red-crested Turaco
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| Red-crested Turaco | |
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| Red-crested Turaco, Niagara Falls Aviary, Canada | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Tauraco |
| Species: | T. erythrolophus |
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| Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
The Red-crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. It is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey. The National Bird of Angola is the striking, endemic Red-crested Turaco. The turaco itself is becoming a national icon for conservation, especially bird and forest conservation. It occurs quite commonly along the length of the Angolan escarpment and adjacent forested habitats.
Gallery
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At San Diego Zoo, U.S.A.
References
- ↑ http://www.birdsangola.org/nationalbird.htm
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tauraco erythrolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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