Red-crested turaco: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red-crested turaco lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tauraco erythrolophus
Group	Cuckoos, turacos & other birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Mass	268 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Musophagiformes
Family	Musophagidae

Where does the red-crested turaco live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-crested turaco in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Angola. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Angola

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red-crested turaco?

Wikidata records the following for the red-crested turaco: mass 268 g (adult weight).

Is the red-crested turaco endangered?

The red-crested turaco’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red-crested turaco?

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a bird in the order Musophagiformes and the family Musophagidae, genus Tauraco. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-crested turaco

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a turaco, a group of African otidimorph birds. It is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-crested turaco (revision 1373024130), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q769898 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).