Schalow's Turaco

Tauraco schalowi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestPlatform nestMedium · 206 g

When to see the Schalow's Turaco

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Schalow's Turaco

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mozambique.

About the Schalow's Turaco

Schalow's turaco is a frugivorous bird in the family Musophagidae. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German banker and amateur ornithologist Herman Schalow.

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