Red-crested Turaco
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| Red-crested Turaco | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Tauraco |
| Species: | T. erythrolophus |
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| Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) |
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The Red-crested Turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus, is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. It is a fruit-eating bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.
[edit] Use in Movies
This species was used in the movie, The Parent Trap (1998 film), in a surreal scene where the prospective step-mother, afloat on her air-mattress in mid-lake, is awakened by the bird flying in and landing on her body.
[edit] Gallery
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Niagara Falls Aviary, Canada
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tauraco erythrolophus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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