Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae)

Other Names (World)
Ross's Turaco, Ross's Lourie, Lady Ross's Violet Plantain-eater, Lady Ross's Violet Turaco

Family
Musophagidae (Turacos)

Size
54 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1852

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,750 m, occasionally to 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Widely distributed from north-eastern and eastern Zaire, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi to all of southern Zaire, northern and eastern Angola and northern Zambia; also isolated populations in north-eastern Gabon, Cameroon, northern Central African Republic, and at one or two localities in the Caprivi Strip and in the Okavango Delta in north-western Botswana. May be sympatric with M. violacea in northern Central African Republic and near Galim in central Cameroon.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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