Red-crested turaco
| Red-crested turaco | |
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| Red-crested turaco, Niagara Falls Aviary, Canada | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Musophagiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Tauraco |
| Species: | T. erythrolophus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a turaco, a group of African near-passerines. It is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.
As a national bird
The national bird of Angola is the striking, endemic red-crested turaco. The turaco itself is becoming a national icon for conservation, especially bird and forest conservation. It occurs quite commonly along the length of the Angolan escarpment and adjacent forested habitats.[2]
In popular culture
In the 1998 movie The Parent Trap, the bird that frightens Meredith when the twins launch her into the lake on an air mattress while camping is a red-crested turaco. This is geographically incorrect as the birds are native only to Angola while the scene is set in Northern California. [3]
Gallery
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At San Diego Zoo, U.S.
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At Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany
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At Pombia Safari Park, Italy
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At Brevard Zoo, Florida
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tauraco erythrolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ http://www.birdsangola.org/nationalbird.htm
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120783/goofs?item=gf0927795
Editor note:While IMDb is not the most reliable of sources, this fact is easily verified by watching the scene.
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