White-crested Turaco

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When to see the White-crested Turaco

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

Where to see the White-crested Turaco

The map shades 6 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 South Sudan.

About the White-crested Turaco

The white-crested turaco is a bird in the family Musophagidae, a group of African otidimorph birds. The white-crested turaco is native to riverine forest and woodland in a belt between eastern Nigeria and western Kenya. It is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being of "least concern".

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Easily confused with

Fischer's TuracoTauraco fischeriMeasurements: Length: 16 in (40 cm) Weight: males 8.11-9.49 oz (230-269 g); females 8.01-9.98 oz (227-283 g) These green-bodied turacos have a white-tipped reddish crest, a black belly, and red primaries. Red-crested TuracoTauraco erythrolophusThe red-crested turaco weighs 210-325 g and is 45–50 cm long. Bannerman's TuracoTauraco bannermaniBannerman's turaco grows to a length of 43 cm (17 in).