Bannerman's Turaco
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Bannerman's Turaco | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Tauraco |
| Species: | T. bannermani |
| Binomial name | |
| Tauraco bannermani (Bates, 1923) |
|
Bannerman's Turaco (Tauraco bannermani) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. In French it is known as touraco de Bannerman or touraco doré. Its scientific and common names honor the ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2006. Tauraco bannermani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| This Cuculiformes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
