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 LC    White-cheeked Turaco* Id (Atlas):
    Tauraco leucotis

Description (10)
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Family
Musophagidae (Turacos)

Size
43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Rüppell, 1835)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 2,200 - 3,200 m, occasionally to as low as 850 m.

Range (Guide)
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A 'kek, kek, kek...' uttered in flight. In breeding season male a variable cackling call, 'kuk kuk kuk kuk kuk kuk kuk kukukukukuk'.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • leucotis (Rüppell, 1835)   -  Ethiopian Highlands from south-western Arussi, Shoa and Sidamo Provinces, west to the Boma Plateau in south-eastern Sudan, and north to Eritrea.
  • donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895   -  South-central Ethiopian Highlands in northern Harrar, Arussi and northern Bale.



References
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