White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)

Family
Musophagidae (Turacos)

Size
40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Heuglin, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, lowland moist shrubland, dry savanna. From 100 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda.

Extreme south-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon (Adamawa Plateau) eastern across southern Chad and northern Central African Republic to south-western and southern Sudan, north-eastern Zaire, northern and central Uganda and western Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) [XC101222]
by Brendan Sloan from Kerio Valley, Kenya (song)

White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) [XC444635]
by Peter Boesman from Kachemkot River, West Pokot County, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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