White-crested Turaco
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The White-crested Turaco, Tauraco leucolophus, is a turaco
, a group of near-passerines. The White-crested Turaco is native to riverine forest and woodland in a belt between eastern Nigeria
and western Kenya
.
Turaco
The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae , which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as louries. They are semi-zygodactylous - the fourth toe can be switched back and forth...
, a group of near-passerines. The White-crested Turaco is native to riverine forest and woodland in a belt between eastern Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
and western Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
.