Tauraco livingstonii
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Livingstone's turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone. It is distributed through the subtropical lowlands of southeastern Africa. It has an isolated population in Burundi, and is besides found from southern Tanzania to eastern and southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, widely in Mozambique and along the subtropical coast of South Africa.
By appearances and behaviour, it has much in common with the Knysna turaco of South Africa, and Schalow's turaco which replaces it on the plateau regions to the west of its range. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SeaWorld Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 2 | Zoorasia | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Kolmården Wildlife Park | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 4 | Bearizona | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Chiba Zoological Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 6 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 7 | Chengdu Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 9 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 10 | African Village | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 11 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 12 | Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Bird Park | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 15 | Exotic Animal World | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Livingstone's Turaco sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 887 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 351 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and November–January
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Livingstone's Turaco in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 30% in June and August, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Livingstone's Turaco sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Livingstone's Turaco sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Livingstone's Turaco is recorded against all the birds logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (887 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
