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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):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderMusophagiformes   
                            FamilyMusophagidae  – Turacos  
                               SubfamilyMusophaginae   
                                  GenusTauraco Kluk, 1779  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesTauraco bannermani (Bates, 1923) – Bannerman's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco corythaix (Wagler, 1827) – Knysna Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) – Red-crested Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) – Fischer's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco hartlaubi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) – Hartlaub's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) – White-crested Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco leucotis (Ruppell, 1835) – White-cheeked Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco livingstonii (G. R. Gray, 1864) – Livingstone's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839) – Yellow-billed Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco persa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Green Turaco, Guinea Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) – Purple-crested Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco ruspolii (Salvadori, 1896) – Ruspoli's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco schalowi (Reichenow, 1891) – Schalow's Turaco 
                                     SpeciesTauraco schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) – Black-billed Turaco 
       

 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: 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   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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