Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Musophagiformes
Familia: Musophagidae
Subfamilia: Musophaginae
Genus: Tauraco
Species: T. bannermani – T. corythaix – T. erythrolophus – T. fischeri – T. hartlaubi – T. leucolophus – T. leucotis - T. livingstonii – T. macrorhynchus – T. persa – T. porphyreolophus – T. ruspolii – T. schalowi – T. schuettii
Name
Tauraco Kluk, 1779
References
Zwierzat domowych i dzikich ... 2 p. 25
Tauraco is a genus of turacos. It contains the "typical" or green turacos; though their plumage is not always green all over, the presence of significant amounts of turacoverdin-colored plumage generally sets Tauraco species apart from other Musophagidae. Indeed, as opposed to any other known birds, Tauraco turacos are the only living bird taxa that have any significant green pigment whatsoever, as the greens of many parrots etc. are due to structural color, not pigment. Their genus name was derived from a native West African name.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Tauraco was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk.[2] The type species was later designated as the Guinea turaco.[3]
Species
The genus contains 13 species.[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Guinea turaco (also called green turaco) | Tauraco persa | West and Central Africa, ranging from Senegal east to DR Congo and south to northern Angola |
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Livingstone's turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | Burundi, and is besides found from southern Tanzania to eastern and southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, widely in Mozambique and along the subtropical coast of South Africa. |
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Schalow's turaco | Tauraco schalowi | Zambia, central Angola, the southern DRC, and the uplands of southern Kenya, northern and western Tanzania and western Malawi |
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Knysna turaco | Tauraco corythaix | South Africa |
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Black-billed turaco | Tauraco schuettii | Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, West Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. |
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Ross's turaco | Tauraco rossae | Cameroon to South Sudan and western Kenya south to Angola and Botswana |
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Fischer's turaco | Tauraco fischeri | Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania |
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Yellow-billed turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone |
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Hartlaub's turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda |
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Violet turaco | Tauraco violaceus | Senegal and Gambia to Chad and Central African Republic |
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White-crested turaco | Tauraco leucolophus | eastern Nigeria and western Kenya |
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Red-crested turaco | Tauraco erythrolophus | Angola |
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Bannerman's turaco | Tauraco bannermani | Cameroon |
References
Carnaby, Trevor (2008). Beat about the bush: Birds (1st ed.). Johannesburg: Jacana. p. 31. ISBN 9781770092419.
Kluk, Krzysztofa (1779). Zwierzat domowych i dzikich, osobliwie kraiowych. Historyi naturalney poczatki i gospodarstwo. Tom. II. Z figurami. O ptastwie (in Polish). Warsaw: Drukarni J. K. Mości i Rzeczypospolitey u XX. Scholarum Piarum. p. 25.
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 3.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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