- Tauraco schalowi
Identification
41-44cm. Similar to Livingstone's Turaco.
- Long, attenuated, white tipped crest
- More greenish mantle and wings
- Paler green underparts
- Deep bluish black to violet tail
- White line under eye shown by most individuals, greatly reduced or absent on northern Tanzanian birds.
Sexes similar.
Distribution
| Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Common in parts of its range. |
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
The Knysna Turaco, Livingstone's Turaco and Schalow's Turaco (the green Turacos of southern Africa) were previously regarded as conspecific. However, their treatment as separate species is supported by morphological, vocal and molecular evidence.
Habitat
Found in gallery or evergreen forest, riparian woodland and thickets.
Occurs from 600m up to 2500m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds mainly on fruit.
Breeding
Breeding season differs through range. The nest is a flimsy structure made of sticks. It's placed 3 to 10m above the ground in the thickest part of a bush or a tree. Lays 2 eggs.
Movements
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Schalow's Turaco. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Schalow%27s_Turaco
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