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Tauraco  Kluk, 1779
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553751

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Musophaga Isert, 1788
  
  Common Name(s): turacos [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderMusophagiformes  – turacos  
                            FamilyMusophagidae  – Turacos  
                               GenusTauraco Kluk, 1779 – turacos  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Tauraco bannermani (G. L. Bates, 1923) – turaco-de-bannerman, Touraco doré, Turaco de Bannerman, Bannerman's Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco corythaix (Wagler, 1827) – turaco-de-knysna, Touraco louri, Turaco de Knysna, Knysna Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) – turaco-de-crista-vermelha, Touraco de Pauline, Turaco crestirrojo, Red-crested Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) – turaco-de-fischer, Touraco de Fischer, Turaco de Fischer, Fischer's Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco hartlaubi (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) – turaco-de-hartlaub, Touraco de Hartlaub, Turaco de Hartlaub, Hartlaub's Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) – turaco-de-crista-branca, Touraco à huppe blanche, Turaco crestiblanco, White-crested Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco livingstonii G. R. Gray, 1864 – turaco-de-livingstone, Touraco de Livingstone, Turaco de Livingstone, Livingstone's Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839) – turaco-de-bico-grande, Touraco à gros bec, Turaco piquigualdo, Yellow-billed Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco persa (Linnaeus, 1758) – turaco-da-guiné, Touraco vert, Turaco de Guinea, Green Turaco, Guinea Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco rossae (Gould, 1852) – Ross's Turaco, turaco-de-ross, Touraco de Lady Ross, Turaco de Ross 
                                  Species Tauraco schalowi (Reichenow, 1891) – turaco-de-schalow, Touraco de Schalow, Turaco de Schalow, Schalow's Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) – turaco-de-bico-preto, Touraco à bec noir, Turaco piquinegro, Black-billed Turaco 
                                  Species Tauraco violaceus (Isert, 1788) – Violet Turaco, turaco-violeta, Touraco violet, Turaco violáceo 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Tauraco    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 14.2), website (version 14.2)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 16 October 2024]   
  Reference for: Tauraco   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.06.25, website (version 25-Jun-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Tauraco   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tauraco   
       

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