Turaco

Turacos are colorful African birds in the family Musophagidae, known for crests and unusual red and green plumage pigments, including turacoverdin and turacin.

Musophagidae: Musophagidae is the bird family containing turacos and plantain-eaters. Turacos belong to this distinctive African bird family.
Great blue turaco: The great blue turaco is a large, blue-plumaged turaco native to Central African forests. Its size and vivid blue plumage make it one of the family’s most striking species.
Seed dispersal: Seed dispersal is the movement of seeds away from their parent plants. By eating fruit and passing seeds, turacos help regenerate forest vegetation.
Cuckoo: Cuckoos are birds in the family Cuculidae, including brood parasites and nonparasitic species. Turacos were once grouped with cuckoos, but modern classification places them in their own order.
Turacin: Turacin is a copper-containing red pigment found in the feathers of turacos. It gives many turacos their unusual crimson wing and body feathers.
Violet turaco: The violet turaco is a large, dark violet bird of West and Central African forests. It displays the rich coloration and conspicuous crest characteristic of many turacos.
African rainforest: African rainforests are tropical forests spanning parts of western, central, and eastern Africa. Many turaco species depend on these forests for food and nesting sites.
Hoatzin: The hoatzin is a South American bird with a digestive system adapted to fermenting leaves. Its former association with turacos has not held up in modern evolutionary classification.
Turacoverdin: Turacoverdin is a green pigment found in turaco feathers. It produces green plumage unusual among birds, which typically rely on structural coloration.
Red-crested turaco: The red-crested turaco is a green African bird with a prominent red crest. Its crest and green body offer a familiar example of turaco plumage.

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MousebirdCompared with: Turacos are another distinctive African fruit-eating lineage, but belong to a different order.