Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus)

Other Scientific Names
Musophaga porphyreolopha [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Tauraco porphyreolophus

Other Names (World)
Purple-crested Turaco, Violet-crested Turaco, Purple-crested Lourie

Family
Musophagidae (Turacos)

Size
43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, lowland dry shrubland, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (67)...)

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) [XC73301]
by Eduardo Patrial from Emali-Garabani Hills, Kenya (call)

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) [XC280724]
by Frank Lambert from Cheetah Inn area, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, 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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) - 10 files

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