Information about Musophagidae
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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.
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.
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.
The Musophagidae build large stick nests in trees, and lay 2 or 3 eggs.
Species
- Genus Tauraco - green turacos (14 species)
- 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
- Grey 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
- Genus Corythaeola
- Great Blue Turaco, Corythaeola cristata
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External links
- International Touraco Society
- Turaco videos on the Internet Bird Collection
C. leucogaster
Binomial name
Corythaixoides leucogaster
(Ruppell, 1842)
The white-bellied go-away bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster is 20".
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Binomial name
Corythaixoides leucogaster
(Ruppell, 1842)
The white-bellied go-away bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster is 20".
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:
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- Order Cuculiformes
- Family Musophagidae: turacos and allies
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Corythaeola
Heine, 1860
Species: C. cristata
Binomial name
Corythaeola cristata
(Vieillot, 1816)
The Great Blue Turaco,
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Heine, 1860
Species: C. cristata
Binomial name
Corythaeola cristata
(Vieillot, 1816)
The Great Blue Turaco,
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Tauraco
Kluk, 1779
Species
14, see text
Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos
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Kluk, 1779
Species
14, see text
Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos
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R. johnstoni
Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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Musophaga
Musophaga is a genus of bird in the Musophagidae family. It contains the following species:
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Musophaga is a genus of bird in the Musophagidae family. It contains the following species:
- Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae)
- Violet Turaco
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Corythaixoides
A Smith 1833
The Go-away-birds, Corythaixoides, are a genus of bird in the turaco family (Musophagidae). Unlike many of the brighter forest dwelling turacos these are birds of African open country and have drab grey and
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A Smith 1833
The Go-away-birds, Corythaixoides, are a genus of bird in the turaco family (Musophagidae). Unlike many of the brighter forest dwelling turacos these are birds of African open country and have drab grey and
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Crinifer
Jarocki, 1821
species
C. piscator
C. zonurus
Crinifer is a genus of birds in turaco family. Its two members are restricted to Africa.
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Jarocki, 1821
species
C. piscator
C. zonurus
Crinifer is a genus of birds in turaco family. Its two members are restricted to Africa.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Cuculidae
Vigors, 1825
Genera
See text.
The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos (family Musophagidae, sometimes treated as a separate
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Vigors, 1825
Genera
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The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos (family Musophagidae, sometimes treated as a separate
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The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird taxonomy proposed by Charles Sibley and Jon Edward Ahlquist. It is based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s (Sibley & Ahlquist 1990).
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endemic, it is unique to its own place or region; it is found only there, and not found naturally anywhere else. The place must be a discrete geographical unit, often an island or island group, but sometimes a country, habitat type, or other defined area or zone.
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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FOREST (an acronym for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption.
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woodland is a area covered in trees, differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely closed canopy – the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
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savanna or savannah is a tropical or subtropical woodland ecosystem. Savannas are characterised by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
- * Archaeognatha (bristletails)
- * Thysanura (silverfish)
- * Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)
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snail is loosely applied to almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the adult stage.
The class Gastropoda is the second largest class of invertebrates, second only to the insects.
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The class Gastropoda is the second largest class of invertebrates, second only to the insects.
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Stylommatophora
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Turacin is a red, naturally occurring pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin 111. It is found only in the turaco group of birds as the red in their plumage. It is often assumed that this coloration will wash out when the birds are bathing or after heavy rains, but this
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In most birds and reptiles, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. To enable incubation the egg is usually kept within a favourable temperature range as it nourishes and protects the growing embryo.
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Tauraco
Kluk, 1779
Species
14, see text
Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos
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Kluk, 1779
Species
14, see text
Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos
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R. johnstoni
Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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R. johnstoni
Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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Binomial name
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
(Sharpe, 1901)
The Ruwenzori Turaco (Ruwenzorornis johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.
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Musophaga
Musophaga is a genus of bird in the Musophagidae family. It contains the following species:
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Musophaga is a genus of bird in the Musophagidae family. It contains the following species:
- Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae)
- Violet Turaco
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