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Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii)

Livingstone's Turaco

Tauraco livingstonii

Least Concern

Overview

Livingstone's turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone.

Habitat

The species is distributed through the subtropical lowlands of southeastern Africa. It has an isolated population in Burundi and is found from southern Tanzania to eastern and southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, widely in Mozambique, and along the subtropical coast of South Africa.

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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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