The seriema-hoatzin clade was closely allied with a cuckoo-turaco clade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin] Reference

Notable endemics found here include the yellow-throated serin and Prince Ruspoli's turaco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

The striking Prince Ruspolis turaco (Tauraco ruspolii, VU) is threatened by declining habitat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane] Reference

However, the white-cheeked turaco is extremely adaptable and the regional representative of a type that is found across all of Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

For this occasion he had bound round his waist the pelt of one of the slaughtered sheep, and had made a head-dress of draggled turaco feathers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sacrifice] Reference

In a novel twist, he further announced that New World vultures (vulturids, aka cathartids) were the next closest relatives of the turaco-cariamaen clade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

Notable mountain forest birds are the Rwenzori turaco, Musophaga johnstoni and the handsome francolin, Francolinus nobilis; also the forest ground thrush Turdus oberlaenderi and the shoebill Balaeniceps rex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference

The conservation of the forests of Mount Oku is the last remaining hope for two species, Bannerman's turaco (Tauraco bannermani, EN) and the banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta, EN), which are restricted to montane forests in the Bamenda-Banso highlands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa] Reference

Notable species are the bamboo warbler Bradypterus alfredi and Shelley's crimson-wing Cryptospiza shelleyi (T) the endemic Ruwenzori turaco Musophage johnstoni, and two sunbirds, the regal Cynnyris regius and the larger scarlet-tufted malachite Nectorinia johnstonii dartmouthi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda] Reference

Birds include Denham's bustard Neotis cafra denhami, ground hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus, violet turaco Musophaga violacea, spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis, white-faced tree duck Dendrocygna viduata, martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus and bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal] Reference

The rich avifauna (400 species in the Victoria Falls region as a whole) includes a wide range of waterbirds along the river above the falls, and birds such as Heuglin's robin Cossypha heuglini, Knysna turaco Tauraco corythaix, and trumpeter hornbill Bycanistes bucinator in the falls 'rainforest' area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe] Reference

And how'd that African turaco get between the American vulture and the seriema?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror birds] Reference

Hartlaub's turaco, are not yet on watch lists, even though their numbers are severely reduced here.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The turaco could lose more than 60 percent of its already limited habitat if current predictions about global warming are accurate, according to Dr. Jetz.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Guided tours at the Nyungwe National Park, where the visitors can choose the type of animals they wish to meet during their walks, such as the great blue turaco, a highlight for many birdwatchers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast Company] Reference

On the Kinangop Plateau in Kenya, Mr. Kimani exults when he finds a Hartlaub's turaco, once a common sight, near Njabini town, in a stand of remaining of old growth forest, after engaging local teenagers to help locate the bird.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Somewhat more wide-ranging species found in these forests include the Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae, EN), Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri), plain-backed sunbird (Anthreptus pallidigaster, EN), spotted ground-thrush (Zoothera guttata, EN), east coast akalat (Sheppardia gunningi, VU) and the southern-banded snake eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic] Reference

There are a number of bird species occurring which are found only in the forests and bushlands of the southern African coasts, including brown scrub-robin (Cercotrichas signata), Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), Knysna woodpecker (Campethera notata), Knysna scrub-warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus, VU), Chorister robin-chat (Cossypha dichroa), and forest canary (Serinus scotops).    From Wordnik.com.  [KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic] Reference

Besides the narrow endemics listed above, characteristic birds of the escarpment forests and woodlands include red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), red-backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) (both endemic to Angola), mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri), batlike spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi), naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus), red-tailed palm thrush (Cichladusa ruficauda), and yellow-bellied wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia concreta).    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference

Prince Ruspoli’s turaco has not become significantly distinct and is declining as the white-cheeked turaco advances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

Prince Ruspoli’s turaco is further restricted where its range overlaps with the near-endemic white-cheeked turaco (Tauraco leucotis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

Where both species are present, Prince Ruspoli’s turaco is only found in juniper forest, but where it occurs alone, it inhabits both broad-leaved and juniper forest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

From the point of view of the South American landbird theory, Mayr & Clarke’s study is therefore significant in finding empirical character support for the monophyly of a turaco-hoatzin-seriema clade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin] Reference

There are seven strictly endemic bird species, the Bamenda apalis (Apalis bamendae), Bangwa forest warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis), white-throated mountain-babbler (Kupeornis gilberti, EN), banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta, EN), Bannerman's weaver (Ploceus bannermani, VU), Bannerman's turaco (Tauraco bannermani, EN) and Mt. Kupe bushshrike (Telophorus kupeensis, EN).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameroonian Highlands forests] Reference

Fifteen bird species are generally regarded as being representative of dry evergreen forest: red-throated crested guineafowl (Guttera edouardi kathleenae), barred long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus), Ross’s turaco (Musophaga rossae), golden-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus), white-chested tinkerbird (P. makawai), Banis’s greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi), purple-throated cuckoo-shrike (Camephaga quiscalina), Boulton’s batis (Batis margeritae), African crested flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas), square-tailed drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii), blackfronted bushshrike (Telophorus nigrifrons), Perrin’s bushshrike (T. viridis), olive sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea), forest weaver (Ploceus bicolor) and black-tailed waxbill (Estrilda perreini).    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference