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+ | [[File: Hartlaubs-Turaco_Flight_VLKST.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br /> Kapkwai, Mt.Elgon, [[Uganda]], 19 February 2023]] | ||
East [[Africa]]: found in the highlands of [[Kenya]], adjacent [[Uganda]] and north-eastern [[Tanzania]] | East [[Africa]]: found in the highlands of [[Kenya]], adjacent [[Uganda]] and north-eastern [[Tanzania]] | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 29 March 2024
- Tauraco hartlaubi
Identification
43 cm (17 in)
- Glossy bluish-black forehead, rounded bushy crest and nape
- White patch in front of eye
- Red eye ring
- White line under eye
- Bluish-black Upperparts
- Green underparts
Juveniles similar to adults but duller
Distribution
East Africa: found in the highlands of Kenya, adjacent Uganda and north-eastern Tanzania
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Evergreen montane forests at heights around 1500–3200 m. They also occur in well timbered suburbs.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit and berries.
Breeding
The nest is a shallow platform of loosely interlaced twigs. The clutch has 2 white eggs which both parents incubate for 22-23 days. The young fledge at 28 days.
They are monogamous and territorial.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
- The Website of Everything
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hartlaub's Turaco. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hartlaub%27s_Turaco