Red-crested Turaco
Tauraco erythrolophus(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Red-crested Turaco
The Red-crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) 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: locally in woodland and savanna of western AngolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tauraco erythrolophus
- Family
- Musophagidae (Turacos)
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-crested Turaco
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Opaethus erythrolophus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Africa.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.306
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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