Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) [XC590476]
by Meena Haribal from Chisipite, Harare, Zimbabwe (song)
Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) [XC650854]
by Bram Piot from Wild Fig Farm, Wild Fig Country Estate, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
Placed in the genus Musophaga by some authorities. Formerly awarded monotypic genus Gallirex. Subspecies intergrade in Zambezi Valley.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
chlorochlamys (Shelley, 1881) - South-eastern Kenya through Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda to Zambia (Victoria Falls, Luano and Luangwa Valleys), Malawi and northern Mozambique.
porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) - Zimbabwe and Mozambique south to eastern Transvaal and Natal.