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Livingstone's turaco

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Livingstone's turaco
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Musophagiformes
Family: Musophagidae
Genus: Tauraco
Species:
T. livingstonii
Binomial name
Tauraco livingstonii
Gray, GR, 1864
      resident range

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.

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Tauraco livingstonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22688331A130124606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22688331A130124606.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.