Turacos are
long-tailed African plant-eating birds related to cuckoos that feed mostly on
fruits. They have three toes on each foot point forward, while the fourth
usually sticks out to the side but can be rotated forward or backward. The toes
are short and abruptly curved. Some turacos (Tauraco and Musophaga)
are unusual in that their green pigments are produced by a different substance
than in most birds, while red colors are produced by a pigment unique in the
entire animal kingdom..
Research Links
GeoZoo: Turacos
(order Musophagiformes, family Musophagidae)
. . . . . Turacos. (GeoZoo. Birds). . . . .Vertebrata: Birds: Musophagiformes:
Musophagidae]. . . . . ...
Vertebrate
Zoology Units: Birds: Order Musophagiformes
*. Musophagidae. Turacos or "plantain eaters". Short-billed,
long-tailed birds, semi-zygodactyl ...
Order: Musophagiformes
... Sign up for: YourName@musophagiformes.com. Order: Musophagiformes.
Start your search on Order: Musophagiformes. ...
Bird
families
... Order Musophagiformes. Musophagidae. Turacos or "plantain eaters".
Short-billed,
long-tailed birds, semi-zygodactyl foot (outer toe can go forward, usually is
...
Oakland Zoo: Violet
Turaco
Violet Turaco. ORDER: Musophagiformes FAMILY: Musophagidae GENUS:
Musophaga SPECIES: violacea. Picture not available. ...
NORTH AMERICAN ZOO
AND AQUARIUM BIRD CURATORS
... FAX: (916) 264-7643 E-mail: shealy@sac.zoo.com ORDER CUCULIFORMES/
MUSOPHAGIFORMES
TAG Vacant, Chair TURACO, VIOLACEOUS (Musophaga violacea) - (R) TURACO, LADY ...
Big
Bird Search - The Search Engine for Bird Lovers
... index.htm [5] Hits (Site ID: 962369745) Turacos (order Musophagiformes,
family Musophagidae)
Information on turacos (order Musophagiformes) www.geobop.com/Birds ...
Sibley
and Monroe's classification of birds of the world. ...
... Order Trochiliformes: Trochilidae - Hummingbirds. Order
Musophagiformes: Musophagidae - Turacos and Allies. ...
Bird List
... parrots and allies) Order: Coliiformes (mousebirds) Order: Musophagiformes (turacos,
plantain-eaters) Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos and allies) Cuculidae (new ...
Dept.
of Fish and Wildlife_635_056
... (G) Order Musophagiformes: Turacos, plaintain eaters
and go-away birds Musophagidae All species. ...
Untitled Document
... Order Musophagiformes: mosa ( New L) a banana; phagema (Gr) food; forma
(L) shape, sort- no, they don't LOOK like bananas, but they eat them. ...
SCRICCIOLO: La
classificazione del Sibley
... Hummingbirds Subfamily Trochilinae: Typical Hummingbirds Order
MUSOPHAGIFORMES Turacos
and Go-away-Birds Family Musophagidae Subfamily Musophaginae: Turacos ...
Lecture
5
... and fourth toes are reversible, mainly frugivorous and travel in flocks;
ORDER
Musophagiformes - Turacos, 23 spp., Africa; medium-sized arboreal birds with ...
AVIFAUNA
- Picchio verde . . . l'altro web site - Birds: ...
... 297; Order MUSOPHAGIFORMES 5/23 Family Musophagidae 5/23 Subfamily
Musophaginae:
Turacos 2/17 Subfamily Criniferinae: Plantain-eaters, Go-away-birds 3/6; Order
...
Kenyalogy:
Fauna: Taxonomy of birds
... buttonquails. ORDER Musophagiformes: turacos. 1 family
and 20 species. FAMILY Musophagidae: turacos. ...
Class:
Aves
... Order: Columbiformes Order: Psittaciformes Order: Coliiformes Order:
Musophagiformes
Order: Cuculiformes Order: Strigiformes Order: Caprimulgiformes Order ...
Encyclopædia
Britannica
... placed with the cuckoos (order Cuculiformes) or separated as a distinct
order,
Musophagiformes. Certain of the grayish species are called go-away birds, in ...
Family
Records, Page 1
... Order Galliformes. Phasianidae (3 Genera). Order Gaviiformes. Gaviidae (1
Genus).
Order Gruiformes. Rallidae (3 Genera). Order Musophagiformes. Musophagidae (1
Genus). ...
BIRDNET:
Bird Accounts
... Parrots (no species list yet) Coliiformes - Mousebirds Musophagiformes -
Turacos
Cuculiformes - Cuckoos Strigiformes - Owls Caprimulgiformes - Nightjars and ...
DINOSAUR-1996Jan:
Re: BIRD PHYLOGENY, DNA, MOL. CLOCKS *YAWWN ...
... parrots) Order Apodiformes (swifts) Order Trochiliformes (hummingbirds)
Order Musophagiformes
(turacos) Order Strigiformes (owls, nightjars, frogmouths etc ...
Aves (birds)
... Order: Psittaciformes: Family: Psittacidae (parrots,
parakeet and lovebirds). Order: Musophagiformes: ...
Updates
... Brazil. August 15, 2000. Page 152 Turacos are now placed in order
Cuculiformes instead
of former monotypic order Musophagiformes. del Hoyo, Josep et al. 1997 ...
Musophagidae
... Turacos, go-away birds. Order: Musophagiformes. Family:
Musophagidae. 18 species. HABITAT AND RANGE: ...
BirdOrderLinks.htm
... gulls, auks, skimmers, pratincoles, coursers, sandgrouse(sometimes placed in
its
own order). ... Caprimulgiformes (nighthawks) and turacos. Musophagiformes:
turacos: ...
Birds
... separation as Musophagiformes. Diatryma and several related genera of
extinct flightless
predators are often placed in a distinct order, Diatrymiformes, near ...
Bow1cards -
for WEB
... Superorder: Neognathae. Order: Musophagiformes - Turacos. Africa; crested;
long-tailed;
short, conical bill; reversible outer toe; usu. brightly colored, esp ...
PHYLUM
CHORDATA
... orders. Subclass Archaeornithes. Order Archaeopterygiformes (extinct) -
Archaeopteryx. ... petrels,
albatrosses Musophagiformes - turacos. Pelecaniformes - pelican ...
Coccidia of the
World
... Order: Salmoniformes. Order: Scorpaeniformes. Order: Siluriformes. Coccidia
of Amphibia. ... Gaviiformes.
Gruiformes. Musophagiformes. Passeriformes I - (Isospora spp). ...
Turacos: A
Portfolio of All Species from Hancock Wildlife | ...
... and unusual of all bird groups. There are twenty-three species and they are
assigned
to an order of their own (Musophagiformes). Found only in Africa, south of ...
