Hartlaub's turaco

Hartlaub's turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Hartlaub's turaco

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Musophagiformes
Family: Musophagidae
Genus: Tauraco
Species:
T. hartlaubi
Binomial name
Tauraco hartlaubi
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tauraco hartlaubi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 180–159–160.
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