Fishing turaco

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Fishing turaco
Fisherman turaco (Tauraco fischeri)

Fisherman turaco ( Tauraco fischeri )

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Turacos (Musophagiformes)
Family : Turacos (Musophagidae)
Genre : Helmet turacos ( tauraco )
Type : Fishing turaco
Scientific name
Tauraco fischeri
( Reichenow , 1878)

The fishing turaco ( Tauraco fischeri ) is a species of turaco from Kenya , Somalia and Tanzania .

features

The fishing turaco reaches a body length of 40 cm and a weight of 227 to 283 g. Its plumage is mainly shiny green-blue, the tail feathers dark blue-green. The red of the bonnet extends to the neck. Towards the edge it is dark red and on the edge thin white, at the highest point it is lined with black. There is a white stripe above and below the red orbital ring . The beak is red.

distribution and habitat

Tauraco fischeri inhabits coastal and river forests in Kenya, northeastern Tanzania and southern Somalia. The subspecies Tauraco fischeri zanzibaricus is endemic to Zanzibar .

Way of life

The fishing turaco is a resident bird in its entire range . The fragile nest is built as a platform from loose branches 3 to 10 m above the ground in dense foliage. The clutch consists of 2 eggs and the incubation period is 22 to 23 days.

Etymology and history of research

Anton Reichenow described the fishing turaco under the name Corythaix Fischeri . The type specimen came from Witu and was discovered by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848–1886). As early as 1779 Jan Krzysztof Kluk (1739–1796) introduced the new genus Tauraco for the Guineaturako ( Tauraco persa ( Linnaeus , 1758)), which was later assigned to the fishing turaco . This name is likely based on a name used by the West African natives. The species name honors the discoverer of the type specimen. Zanzibaricus refers to 'Zanzibar'. Richard Hercules Wingfield Pakenham (1906-1993) gave the Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park on Zanzibar as a distribution area.

literature

  • Anton Reichenow: From Dr. Fischer discovered newly discovered species which are named and characterized as follows . In: Ornithological Centralblatt. Organ for Science and Transport. Bulletin of the whole association and scoreboard for collectors, breeders and dealers . tape 3 , no. 11 , 1878, p. 88 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Richard Hercules Wingfield Pakenham: Mr. RHW Pakenham sent the following description of a new race of the East African Red-crested Lourie . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 58 , no. 414 , 1938, pp. 111-112 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Jan Krzysztof Kluk: Zwierząt domowych i dzikich, osobliwie krajowych, historii naturalnej początki i gospodarstwo. Potrzebnych i pożytecznych domowych chowanie, rozmnażanie, chorób leczenie, dzikich łowienie, oswojenie, zażycie, szkodliwych zaś wygubienie . tape 2 . J. K Mosci, Warsaw 1779 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c IUCN
  2. ↑ a b Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe: Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Socotra. Christopher Helm, 2009, ISBN 978-0713665413 , p. 208.
  3. ↑ a b D. A. Turner, P. Boesman (2018): Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri). In: Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ( Online )
  4. ^ A b Anton Reichenow, p. 88.
  5. ↑ Jan Krzysztof Kluk, p. 25.
  6. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 380.
  7. ^ Richard Hercules Wingfield Pakenham, p. 112.

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