Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata - Touraco géant

Touraco géant
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Musophagiformes

  • Family
    :

    Musophagidés

  • Genus
    :

    Corythaeola

  • Species
    :

    cristata

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1816

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 75 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 822 à 1231 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Touraco géant
adult
Touraco géant

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Touraco géant,
  • Turaco gigante,
  • turaco-gigante,
  • Riesenturako,
  • óriásturákó,
  • Reuzentoerako,
  • Turaco blu maggiore,
  • jätteturako,
  • Kjempeturako,
  • koko veľký,
  • turako velký,
  • Kæmpeturako,
  • keisariturako,
  • turac gegant,
  • szyszak,
  • Большой голубой турако,
  • カンムリエボシドリ,
  • 蓝蕉鹃,
  • 藍蕉鵑,

Voice song and cries

Touraco géant

Habitat

Touraco géant

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 18-09-2013
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