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Tauraco (turacos)

Wikipedia Abstract

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. Species are:
View Wikipedia Record: Tauraco

Species

Tauraco bannermani (Bannerman's Turaco) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Tauraco corythaix (Knysna Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco erythrolophus (Red-crested Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco fischeri (Fischer's Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco hartlaubi (Hartlaub's Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco leucolophus (White-crested Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco leucotis (White-cheeked Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco livingstonii (Livingstone's Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco macrorhynchus (Yellow-billed Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco persa (Guinea Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Purple-crested Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco ruspolii (Ruspoli's Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco schalowi (Schalow's Turaco) (Attributes)
Tauraco schuettii (Black-billed Turaco) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0