Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Great Blue Turaco
The Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Musophagidae (Turacos) in the order Musophagiformes.
Range: lowland rainforest of western and central AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Corythaeola cristata
- Family
- Musophagidae (Turacos)
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Blue Turaco
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Musophaga cristata
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- Africa.
- Original description
- Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.68
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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