Species of Touracos / Turacos
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There are 23 species of Turacos currently recognized by most authorities. Below is a listing:
Bannerman's Turacos, Tauraco bannermani
Bare-faced Go-away Birds, Corythaixoides personatus
Black-billed Turacos, Tauraco schuetti
Buffon's Turacos, Tauraco persa buffoni
Eastern Grey Plantain-eaters, Crinifer zonurus
Fischer's Turacos, Tauraco fischeri
Go-away Birds, Corythaixoides
Great Blue Turacos, Corythaeola cristata
Green Turacos, Tauraco persa persa
Grey Go-away Birds, Corythaixoides concolor
Guinea Turacos, Tauraco persa zenkeri
Hartlaub's Turacos, Tauraco hartlaubi
Knysna Turacos, Tauraco corythaix
Lady Ross Turacos, Musophaga rossae
Livingstone's Turacos, Tauraco livingstonii
Prince Ruspoli's Turacos, Tauraco ruspoli
Purple-crested Turacos, Tauraco porphyreolophus
Red-crested Turacos, Tauraco erythrolophus
Ross's Turacos, Musophaga rossae
Ruwenzori Turacos, Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
Ruspoli's Turacos, Tauraco ruspolii
Schalow's Turacos, Tauraco schalowi
Violaceous Turaco aka Violet Turacos, Musophaga violacea
Western Grey Plantain-eaters, Crinifer piscator
White-bellied Go-away Birds, Corythaixoides Leucogaster
White-cheeked Turacos, Tauraco leucotis
White-crested Turacos, Tauraco leucolophus
Yellow-billed Turacos, Tauraco macrorhynchus
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