turacos
musophagidae latin

It is found only in the bird family Musophagidae, the turacos.

The turacos on the other hand are brightly coloured birds, usually blue, green or purple.

Turacos are social birds, travelling in flocks of around ten to twelve individuals.

Many bird species are also found here, including turacos, francolins and hornbills.

In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as louries.

One can also see the colorful turacos.

Figs sustain great blue turacos, black mangabeys and various hornbills.

It is chemically related to turacin, a red pigment also found almost exclusively in turacos.

Turacin and turacoverdin are both found in four of the six genera of turacos.

The red colour in the wings is typical of turacos (indeed, the family name comes from turacine, a copper-based pigment).

The green color in turacos comes from turacoverdin, the only true green pigment in birds known to date.

The Hoatzin continues to be enigmatic; it is probably best regarded as a distinct, monotypic order, especially if the turacos are also considered one.

His special area of interest included ducks and geese, turacos, parrots, pigeons and sea-birds.

In Southern Africa these birds are known as kwêvoëls, though they are also called loeries along with the other turacos.

Tauraco is a genus of turacos.

This makes it highly unlikely that turacoverdin in Jacana reflects common ancestry with either turacos or galliforms.

It has also been noted that turacos all live across Central Africa, which corresponds geographically with one of the world's richest copperbelts.

Reminiscent of African Turacos when walking along tree branches, they likewise feature brightly coloured bare skin around the eyes.

Species include Golden-breasted Starling, turacos, and the hoopoe.

New Musophagiformes turacos.

Green pigment has only been found in Turacos (Cuculiformes, Musophagidae), small african birds.

Fruiting trees attract birds such as black-casqued hornbills, great blue turacos and African grey parrots.

The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds.

The park is a sanctuary for colobus monkeys, chimpanzees and many birds (such as hornbills and turacos).

As turacos are primarily arboreal species, they are able to accumulate copper through a diet rich in fruits, flowers, buds, and other plant matter.

It is found only in the bird family Musophagidae, the turacos.

Musophaga is a genus of bird in the Musophagidae family.

The living species of Musophagidae, arranged in taxonomic sequence, are:

Green pigment has only been found in Turacos (Cuculiformes, Musophagidae), small african birds.

The Schalow's Turaco (Tauraco schalowi) is a frugivorous bird in the Musophagidae family.

The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy raises the Musophagidae to an order Musophagiformes which may or may not be warranted.

Turacoverdin is a unique copper uroporphyrin pigment responsible for the bright green coloration of several birds of the family Musophagidae, most notably the turaco.

The Northern Jacana, on the other hand, is a member of the order Charadriiformes, a group clearly not closely related to either Musophagidae or Galliformes.

The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos (family Musophagidae, sometimes treated as a separate order, Musophagiformes).

The Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone.

Ross's Turaco or Lady Ross's Turaco (Musophaga rossae) is a mainly bluish-purple African bird of the turaco family, Musophagidae.

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 Turaco species apart from other Musophagidae.

The Ruspoli's Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii), also known as Prince Ruspoli's Turaco or Touraco De Ruspoli, is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.

As Ithaginis and Rollulus are members of the order Galliformes, this has led some researchers to assume support for a turacoverdin-bearing common ancestor of Musophagidae and Galliformes, making the presence of the pigment a symplesiomorphy for these groups.