Turacos
Musophagidae
The family Musophagidae (Turacos) belongs to the order Musophagiformes and comprises 23 species in the AviList v2025 checklist, of which 1 globally threatened (IUCN categories VU, EN and CR).
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Species
- 23
- Threatened species
- 1
- Expert guides
- 1
Expert guides for Turacos
1 professional guide lists species of this family among their specialties.
All species of the family Musophagidae
In AviList checklist order. Click a species to find guides and destinations.
Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata
Grey Go-away-bird
Crinifer concolor
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Crinifer personatus
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Crinifer leucogaster
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
Eastern Plantain-eater
Crinifer zonurus
Purple-crested Turaco
Gallirex porphyreolophus
Rwenzori Turaco
Gallirex johnstoni
Ruspoli's Turaco
Menelikornis ruspolii
White-cheeked Turaco
Menelikornis leucotis
Violet Turaco
Tauraco violaceus
Ross's Turaco
Tauraco rossae
Yellow-billed Turaco
Tauraco macrorhynchus
Bannerman's Turaco
Tauraco bannermani
White-crested Turaco
Tauraco leucolophus
Black-billed Turaco
Tauraco schuettii
Schalow's Turaco
Tauraco schalowi
Red-crested Turaco
Tauraco erythrolophus
Guinea Turaco
Tauraco persa
Hartlaub's Turaco
Tauraco hartlaubi
Fischer's Turaco
Tauraco fischeri
Livingstone's Turaco
Tauraco livingstonii
Knysna Turaco
Tauraco corythaix