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Schalow's Turaco
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Author: John PuddephattPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 21:35, 6 July 2009 (UTC) by Snowmanradio (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Schalow's Turaco is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
The Schalow's Turaco (Tauraco schalowi) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Tauraco schalowi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More
The Schalow's Turaco is around 41-44cm from beak to tail, and weighs approximately 208-267 grams. The white tipped crest is useful for instant species identification; at 80-120mm in length, it is relativity the longest of the entire Turaco family. Within its range, the Schalow's Turaco inhabits many woodland and forest types, from 600 to 2500m. It feeds generally on fruit. CITES II: Not globally threatened. More
Schalow's TuracoThe Schalow's Turaco (Tauraco schalowi) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. Speciation from the Green Turaco super-species is defined by vocal and chromosomal differences. Distribution: This fruit-eating turaco is found in Angola, North Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South-west Kenya, Malawi, North-east Namibia (Caprivi), Tanzania, Zambia, Southeastern Zaire and North-east Zimbabwe. Within its range, the Schalow's Turaco inhabits many humid woodland and forest types, from 600 to 2500m. More
Distribution of Schalow's turaco in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). Contact us if you can contribute information or images to improve this page. More
* Schalow's Turaco A headshot of an adult bird showing the long crest feathers. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species) Steve Garvie 29 July 2007 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3 * Closeup of a breeding adult Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, UK Jonathan Beilby 1 July 2009 23 weeks ago 3 * Schalow's Turaco An adult bird peering down from the canopy. More
Family : Musophagidae
Genus : Tauraco
Species : schalowi
Authority : (Reichenow, 1891)