Livingstone's Turaco
Tauraco livingstoniiGray, GR, 1864
English (US) Livingstone's Turaco
The Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) 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.
- Scientific name
- Tauraco livingstonii
- Family
- Musophagidae (Turacos)
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Livingstone's Turaco
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1864
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tauraco livingstonii reichenowi
- Tauraco livingstonii livingstonii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turacus livingstonii
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1864
- Type locality
- Manganja highlands, Nyasaland.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, pt.1 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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