- Tauraco bannermani
Identification
43cm
- Grey face
- Pale, golden-green neck and breast
- Dark green upper parts
- Belly, undertail coverts and rump blackish washed green
- Purple blue uppertail coverts and tail
- Bright crimson wing patches
- Yellow bill with a dark red culmen and exposed nostrils.
Distribution
Western Africa: endemic to south-western Cameroon (Bamenda-Banso highlands)
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Habitat
Crags and ravines in highland montane forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit.
Breeding
It builds a twiggy platform concealed in trees or bushes among creepers. The two white eggs are incubated by both parents.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- ArKive
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bannerman's Turaco. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bannerman%27s_Turaco
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.