?Turacos
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Cuculiformes Family: Musophagidae
Genera
Corythaeola Tauraco Ruwenzorornis Musophaga Corythaixoides Crinifer

The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away birds make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally banana-eaters). In southern Africa both turacos and go-away birds are commonly known as louries. Traditionally, this group has been placed in the cuckoo order Cuculiformes, but Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy raises this group to a full order Musophagiformes. white-bellied go-away bird public domain from USFWS File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Corythaixoides leucogaster (Ruppell, 1842) The White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster is 20. Physical Charactistics Pointed gray and long black tail with white median band, distictive; white wing patch conspicuous in flight. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Musophagidae Cuculidae Opisthocomidae The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below: Order Cuculiformes Family Musophagidae: turacos and allies Family Cuculidae: cuckoos Family Opisthocomidae: Hoatzin However, the taxonomy of this group is now controversial. ... Binomial name Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) The Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata, is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ... Species Tauraco erythrolophus Tauraco leucolophus Tauraco persa Tauraco schuetti . ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Genera See text. ... The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird taxonomy based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. ...

Turacos are medium sized arboreal birds endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, living in forests, woodland and savanna. Their flight is weak, but they run quickly through the tree canopy. They feed mostly on fruits and to a lesser extent on leaves, buds, and flowers, occasionally taking small insects, snails, and slugs. In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... This article is about forests as a massing of trees. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is differentiated from a forest. ... A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. ... For other articles with similar names, see Flower (disambiguation). ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ... Anatomy of a slug A slug from North Bend, WA Slugs are gastropod molluscs without shells or with very small internal shells, in contrast to snails, which have a prominent coiled shell. ...

The turacos and plantain eaters are brightly coloured birds, usually blue, green or purple. The green color comes from turacoverdin, the only true green pigment in birds. (Other "greens" in bird colors result from a yellow pigment such as lypochrome combined with the prismatic blue physical structure of the feather itself.) Their wings contain a red pigment turacin. Both pigments are unique to this group. The Go-away-birds are mainly grey and white. Turacin is a red, naturally occurring pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin 111. ...

The Musophagidae build large stick nests in trees, and lay 2 or 3 eggs. In most birds and reptiles, an apple (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

Species

• Genus Tauraco
  • Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata
  • Green Turaco, Tauraco persa
  • Livingstone's Turaco, Tauraco livingstonii
  • Schalow's Turaco, Tauraco schalowi
  • Knysna Turaco, Tauraco corythaix
  • Black-billed Turaco, Tauraco schuettii
  • White-crested Turaco, Tauraco leucolophus
  • Fischer's Turaco, Tauraco fischeri
  • Yellow-billed Turaco, Tauraco macrorhynchus
  • Bannerman's Turaco, Tauraco bannermani
  • Red-crested Turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus
  • Hartlaub's Turaco, Tauraco hartlaubi
  • White-cheeked Turaco, Tauraco leucotis
  • Prince Ruspoli's Turaco, Tauraco ruspolii
  • Purple-crested Turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus
• Genus Ruwenzorornis
  • Ruwenzori Turaco, Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
• Genus Musophaga
  • Violet Turaco, Musophaga violacea
  • Ross' Turaco, Musophaga rossae
• Genus Corythaixoides
  • Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides personatus
  • Gray Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides concolor
  • White-bellied Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster
• Genus Crinifer
  • Western Grey Plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator
  • Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

Binomial name Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) The Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata, is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ... Binomial name Tauraco persa (Linnaeus, 1758) The Green Turaco, Tauraco persa, is a large turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ... Binomial name Tauraco schuetti (Cabanis, 1879) The Black-billed Turaco, Tauraco schuetti, is a medium sized turaco, an endemic family to sub-Saharan Africa. ... Binomial name Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) The White-crested Turaco, Tauraco leucolophus, is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ... Article about Red-crested Touracos on International Touraco Society website. ... Binomial name Musophaga violacea (Isert, 1788) The Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) is a large turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ... Binomial name Corythaixoides leucogaster (Ruppell, 1842) The White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster is 20. Physical Charactistics Pointed gray and long black tail with white median band, distictive; white wing patch conspicuous in flight. ... Binomial name Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) The Grey Plantain-eater, or Western Grey Plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa. ... Binomial name Crinifer zonurus (Ruppell, 1835) The Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa. ...

image gallery

Red-crested Turaco Red-crested Turaco, originally uploaded to Dutch wikipedia by user Jcwf; photographed by himself File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Article about Red-crested Touracos on International Touraco Society website. ...	Hartlaub's Turaco my own phote, by Daph Chloe Turaco Hartlaubs Turaco, Tauraco hartlaubi When an uploader submits work they cannot remove the GFDL licence. ...	Violet Turaco my own phote, by Daph Chloe When an uploader submits work Turaco Violet Turaco, Musophaga violacea When an uploader submits work they cannot remove the GFDL licence. ... Binomial name Musophaga violacea (Isert, 1788) The Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) is a large turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ...	Great Blue Turaco my own phote, by Daph Chloe Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata When an uploader submits their own work they cannot remove the GFDL licence. ... Binomial name Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) The Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata, is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. ...
Fischer's Turaco Download high resolution version (600x748, 24 KB)my own phote, by Daph Chloe Fischers Turaco, Tauraco fischeri When an uploader submits work they cannot remove the GFDL licence. ...

External links

• International Touraco Society
• Turaco videos on the Internet Bird Collection