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A red-crested turaco was featured in 1998's The Parent Trap, as the bird pecking Meredith's chest shortly before she wakes up to discover Annie and Hallie have floated her camping mattress onto a lake. This scene of the film is set in Northern California, so the choice of this bird species is distinctly out of place.
Turaco wings contain the red pigment turacin, unlike in other birds where red colour is due to carotenoids. Both pigments are derived from porphyrins and only known from the Musophagidae into the 21st century, but especially the little-researched turacoverdin might have relatives in other birds.
Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Coastal East Africa, including Kenya , Somalia , and Tanzania . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest , subtropical or tropical moist montane forest , and arable land .
Violet turaco Tauraco violaceus (Isert, 1788) Senegal and Gambia to Chad and Central African Republic Size: Habitat: Diet: LC White-crested turaco Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) eastern Nigeria and western Kenya: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) Angola: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Bannerman's turaco
Turacos (the 10 species of the Tauraco and the 2 of the Musophaga) are the only birds to possess true red and green colour. When you look at most birds, the color you are seeing is a reflection produced by the feather structure. The turaco's red pigment (turacin) and green pigment (turacoverdin) both contain copper.
The white-crested turaco, a forest bird, occurs in Kenya mostly in the west-central region. Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae. The turacos, plantain eaters, and go-away-birds make up the family Musophagidae. They are medium-sized arboreal birds. The turacos and plantain-eaters are brightly colored, usually blue, green, or purple.
Ross's turaco form monogamous breeding pairs that share incubation and feeding duties. They lay 2 to 3 eggs which hatch after roughly 25 days. They then spend another 4 to 7 weeks nesting with their parents before they fledge. Strangely, they become mostly independent before they can fly, opting to climb about in the canopy of the forest.
Great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata; Black-billed turaco, Tauraco schuettii; White-crested turaco, Tauraco leucolophus (A) Purple-crested turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus; Rwenzori turaco, Ruwenzorornis johnstoni; Ross's turaco, Musophaga rossae; Bare-faced go-away-bird, Corythaixoides personatus; Eastern plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus