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When to see the Violet Turaco
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Violet Turaco
The map shades 14 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 Spain.
About the Violet Turaco
The violet turaco, also known as the violaceous plantain eater, is a large turaco, a group of African otidimorphae.
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Easily confused with
Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstoniiLivingstone's turaco is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone.
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubiHartlaub's turaco is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae.
Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettiiThe bird is 40 cm (16 in) long; ranging in weight from 199–272 g (7.0–9.6 oz).
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