Purple-crested Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco
The nominate race, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Musophagidae
Genus:	Tauraco
Species:	T. porphyreolophus
Binomial name
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831)

The Purple-crested Turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

This bird has a purple coloured crest above a green head, a red ring around their eyes, and a black bill. The neck and chest are green and brown. The rest of the body is purple, with red flight feathers.

They live in moist woodland and evergreen forests. They eat mainly fruits.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Tauraco porphyreolophus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
• National Aviary. Purple-Crested Turaco.