Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix)
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About Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Musophagiformes
- Family: Turacos
The Knysna turaco, or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Eswatini. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of West Africa. The Livingstone's and Schalow's turacos were once considered subspecies.
Source: Wikipedia