Family

Turacos

Musophagidae

19 species in our catalog · found in 53 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderMusophagiformes (Turacos)
FamilyMusophagidae (Turacos)

Species in this group

Corythaixoides concolor

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Crinifer piscator

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Corythaixoides leucogaster

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Corythaixoides personatus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Tauraco porphyreolophus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Tauraco hartlaubi

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Corythaeola cristata

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Tauraco corythaix

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Crinifer zonurus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco leucolophus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco schalowi

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco livingstonii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tauraco schuettii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tauraco macrorhynchus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Ruwenzorornis johnstoni

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tauraco persa

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tauraco leucotis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Musophaga rossae

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Musophaga violacea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%

Jan

~40%

Feb

~50%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~40%

May

~40%

Jun

~50%

Jul

~40%

Aug

~40%

Sep

~50%

Oct

~40%

Nov

~40%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Turacos

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities In captivity: 184 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3 of 19	~90%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	White-crested Turaco			~50%
2	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1 of 19	~90%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~90%
3	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~80%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~80%
4	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~80%
	Great Blue Turaco			~60%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
	Ross' Turaco			~20%
	Black-billed Turaco			~20%
5	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 19	~80%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~50%
6	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	2 of 19	~80%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~70%
	Violet Turaco			~20%
7	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4 of 19	~80%
	Black-billed Turaco			~40%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			~30%
	Great Blue Turaco			~30%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
8	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4 of 19	~70%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Ross' Turaco			~20%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
9	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3 of 19	~70%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Schalow's Turaco			~50%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
10	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5 of 19	~70%
	Black-billed Turaco			~40%
	Great Blue Turaco			~40%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			<5%
11	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 19	~70%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~10%
12	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 19	~70%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
13	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 19	~70%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Knysna Turaco			<5%
14	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~70%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~70%
15	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~70%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Ross' Turaco			~20%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
16	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2 of 19	~70%
	Great Blue Turaco			~50%
	Yellow-billed Turaco			~40%
17	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~70%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~70%
18	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 19	~60%
	Livingstone's Turaco			~40%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~30%
19	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 19	~60%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~10%
20	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 19	~60%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
21	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2 of 19	~60%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
22	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~60%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~60%
23	uMkhuze Game Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~60%
24	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~60%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~60%
25	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~60%
	Great Blue Turaco			~40%
	Black-billed Turaco			~20%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
26	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~50%
	Knysna Turaco			~50%
27	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 19	~50%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~50%
28	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1 of 19	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
29	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 19	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
30	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	2 of 19	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Schalow's Turaco			<5%
31	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1 of 19	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
32	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	2 of 19	~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~30%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~30%
33	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2 of 19	~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~40%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~20%
34	Odzala-Kokoua National Park	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	2 of 19	~50%
	Green Turaco			~30%
	Great Blue Turaco			~30%
35	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 19	~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~20%
36	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~40%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~40%
	White-crested Turaco			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
37	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	3 of 19	~40%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
38	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3 of 19	~40%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Schalow's Turaco			<5%
39	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 19	~40%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
	Schalow's Turaco			<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
40	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	3 of 19	~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Livingstone's Turaco			~10%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~10%
41	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	5 of 19	~30%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			~20%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Black-billed Turaco			<5%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
42	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~30%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~30%
43	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1 of 19	~30%
	White-Cheeked Turaco			~30%
44	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	3 of 19	~30%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			~20%
	Black-billed Turaco			<5%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
45	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~30%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
46	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~20%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
47	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	~20%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~20%
48	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 19	~20%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			<5%
49	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1 of 19	~10%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~10%
50	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 19	~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
51	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 19	~10%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
52	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~10%
	Knysna Turaco			~10%
53	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 19	<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kampala	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 19	~90%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~70%
	Great Blue Turaco			~50%
	Ross' Turaco			~40%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
2	Ouagadougou	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	1 of 19	~90%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~90%
3	Harare	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 19	~90%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~80%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
4	Abuja	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2 of 19	~80%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~80%
	Violet Turaco			~10%
5	Serrekunda	🇬🇲 Gambia	3 of 19	~80%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~80%
	Violet Turaco			~10%
	Green Turaco			<5%
6	Accra	🇬🇭 Ghana	3 of 19	~80%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~70%
	Green Turaco			~20%
	Violet Turaco			~20%
7	Johannesburg	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~60%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
8	Abidjan	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	1 of 19	~50%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~50%
9	Maiduguri	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1 of 19	~50%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~50%
10	Monrovia	🇱🇷 Liberia	1 of 19	~40%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~40%
11	Lagos	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1 of 19	~40%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~40%
12	Pretoria	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~40%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~40%
13	Kumasi	🇬🇭 Ghana	1 of 19	~30%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
14	Lomé	🇹🇬 Togo	1 of 19	~30%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
15	Durban	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 19	~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~30%
16	Freetown	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	1 of 19	~30%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
17	Lilongwe	🇲🇼 Malawi	1 of 19	~20%
	Schalow's Turaco			~20%
18	Cotonou	🇧🇯 Benin	1 of 19	~20%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~20%
19	Dakar	🇸🇳 Senegal	1 of 19	~20%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~20%
20	Kigali	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2 of 19	~10%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
21	Lusaka	🇿🇲 Zambia	1 of 19	~10%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
22	Nairobi	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 19	~10%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~10%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
23	Lubango	🇦🇴 Angola	1 of 19	~10%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	Disney's Animal Kingdom	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
2	Busch Gardens Tampa	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
3	SeaWorld San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
4	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
5	Moscow Zoo	🇷🇺 Russia	In captivity
6	Pairi Daiza	🇧🇪 Belgium	In captivity
7	ZooParc de Beauval	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
8	SeaWorld Abu Dhabi	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	In captivity
9	Leipzig Zoological Garden	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
10	Zoorasia	🇯🇵 Japan	In captivity
11	The Blue Planet	🇩🇰 Denmark	In captivity
12	Parque das Aves	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
13	Barcelona Zoo	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
14	Le Pal	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
15	Zlín-Lešná Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
16	Ostrava Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
17	Kolmården Wildlife Park	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
18	Zoo Pilsen	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
19	Parc des oiseaux	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
20	Zoobotánico Jerez	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
21	Zoo Miami	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
22	San Diego Zoo Safari Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
23	Safaripark Beekse Bergen	🇳🇱 Netherlands	In captivity
24	Taipei Zoo	🇹🇼 Taiwan	In captivity
25	La Reserva del Castillo de las Guardas	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
26	Bronx Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
27	Zoológico de Brasília	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
28	Badoca Safari Park	🇵🇹 Portugal	In captivity
29	Tallinn Zoo	🇪🇪 Estonia	In captivity
30	Brookfield Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
31	Chimelong Safari Park	🇨🇳 China	In captivity
32	Nashville Zoo at Grassmere	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
33	Safari Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
34	Saitama Children's Zoo	🇯🇵 Japan	In captivity
35	Sedgwick County Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
36	Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
37	Sendaviva	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
38	Safari World	🇹🇭 Thailand	In captivity
39	Los Angeles Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
40	Bearizona	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
41	Parque Zoológico de León - Zooleón	🇲🇽 Mexico	In captivity
42	Toledo Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
43	Detroit Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
44	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
45	Wildlife World Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
46	São Paulo Zoo	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
47	Selwo Aventura	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
48	Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
49	Guadalajara Zoo	🇲🇽 Mexico	In captivity
50	Granby Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity

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Turacos

Species in this group

Grey Go-Away-Bird

Western Grey Plantain-eater

White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird

Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird

Purple-Crested Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Great Blue Turaco

Knysna Turaco

Eastern Grey Plantain-eater

White-crested Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Livingstone's Turaco

Black-billed Turaco

Yellow-billed Turaco

Ruwenzori Turaco

Green Turaco

White-Cheeked Turaco

Ross' Turaco

Violet Turaco

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Turacos

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found