Tauraco persa
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa), also known as the green turaco or green lourie, is a species of turaco, a group of African otidimorph birds. It formerly included the Livingstone's, Schalow's, Knysna, black-billed and Fischer's turacos as subspecies.
The Guinea turaco was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it together with the cuckoos in the genus Cuculus and coined the binomial name Cuculus persa. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "Persian". Linnaeus based his description on the "Touraco" that had been described and illustrated in 1743 by the English naturalist George Edwards in his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Edwards's specimen had been brought to London from Guinea in West Africa. The Guinea turaco is now placed in the genus Tauraco that was introduced in 1779 by the Polish naturalist Jan Krzysztof Kluk.
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Badoca Safari Park | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 6 | Tallinn Zoo | 🇪🇪 Estonia | |
| 7 | Safari World | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Wildlife World Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Selwo Aventura | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Kyiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 11 | Diergaarde Blijdorp | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 12 | Night Safari | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 13 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 15 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 16 | Gembira Loka Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 17 | Łódź Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 18 | Krakow Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 19 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 20 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 21 | Green World Ecological Farm | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 22 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 23 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 24 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 25 | Biotropica | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 26 | Reserva Zoológica Oasys MiniHollywood | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 27 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 28 | Buin Zoo | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 29 | River Wonders | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 30 | Santa Barbara Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 31 | Elephant Sanctuary, The Crags, Plettenberg Bay | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 32 | Leningrad Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 33 | Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 34 | Birds of Eden | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 35 | Mississippi Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 36 | Castellar Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 37 | Oceanium | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 38 | Croc Farm Ivato | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 39 | Aquarium River of Zaragoza | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 40 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 41 | Bloedel Conservatory | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 42 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 43 | The Green Planet | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 44 | Mondo Verde, Landgraaf | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 45 | Rohtak Zoo | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Turaco sighting in Serrekunda on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Turaco in Serrekunda on a given day, against under 5% in March–June, August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Turaco sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Green Turaco sightings, Serrekunda ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Accra (Ghana, about 20%).
Same family: Musophagidae
The closest relatives of the Green Turaco that you can see in Serrekunda (family Musophagidae, Turacos) are Western Grey Plantain-eater (about 80%) and Violet Turaco (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Turaco is recorded against all the birds logged in Serrekunda (37 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
