Turaco
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
There are eighteen species of turacos. They are colorful, long-tailed birds, green and blue in color with crimson primary feathers that show well in flight.
Turaco
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Musophagidae) ...
Turacos, roadrunners
choose from the links below for animals found at the Zoo:
Guira Cuckoo ...
Turacos are medium-sized arboreal birds endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, living in forests, woodland and savanna. The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away birds make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally banana-eaters).
Turacos are the only birds to possess true red and green color. When you look at most birds, the color you are seeing is a reflection produced by the feather structure.
Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus
Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Turaco, Ross's Musophaga rossae Found: Africa
Photographed by: Abraham Badenhorst
Turaco, Violet Musophaga violacea Found: Africa
Photographed by Dick Daniels at Birds of Eden, South Africa ...
Violet Turaco
The violet turaco is now in the Indoor Flight room. She is very easy to spot and has great vocalizations, so visitors should listen for her. She is quite active.
Lilac-breasted Roller ...
Like all turacos, Musophaga violacea is an important disperser of seeds. When flying in search of fruit, rounded wings and a long, widespread tail give the violaceous plantain-eater great agility to maneuver through the dense treetops.
Bannerman's turaco (Tauraco bannermani)
Aloe (Aloe ballii)
Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)
Bornean river turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
Chestnut-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia castaneiventris)
Preuss's guenon (Cercopithecus preussi) ...
The great blue turaco is a bird from the tropical forests of West Africa. It feeds on fruit, leaves, and flowers. The great blue turaco has a loud call.
Strangely, turacos are related to hummingbirds and owls.
Classification Confusion: The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos (family Musophagidae, sometimes treated as a separate order, Musophagiformes).
Specials of the area include Woodward's Barbet, Palmnut Vulture, African Broadbill, Neergaard's Sunbird, Rudd's Apalis, Delegorgue's Pigeon, Knysna Turaco, Livingstone's Turacos and Southern Banded Snake Eagle.
More recently it has been placed with the cuckoos and some gene sequencing carried out by JM Hughes and AJ Baker at the Royal Ontario Museum suggests that its closest relatives are the turacos of sub-Saharan Africa.
 See also: Pheasant, Flamingo, Stork, Eagle, Pelican
|
