Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Musophagiformes > Musophagidae > Ruwenzorornis > Ruwenzorornis johnstoniRuwenzorornis johnstoni (Ruwenzori Turaco)Synonyms: Gallirex johnstoni; Gallirex johnstoni johnstoni; Musophaga johnstoni The Ruwenzori turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ruwenzorornis. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. The Ruwenzori turaco is a herbivorous bird; 92 percent of its diet is fruit and 6.3 percent is leaves. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 34.5818 EDGE Score: 3.57183 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 242 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 80 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 1 |
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Climate |
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cyamudongo forest |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Echuya Forest Reserve |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Forests west of Lake Edward |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kibale National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kibira National Park |
Burundi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Hoyo Reserve |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kabobo |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyungwe National Park |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Virunga National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Volcans National Park |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THREE SYMPATRIC TURACOS IN A MONTANE FOREST IN RWANDA, CHIN SUN AND TIMOTHY C. MOERMOND, The Auk 114(3):396-404, 1997 ♦ 5"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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