Creature Feature XXIII: Turacos

Here’s a new piece about some fantastically coloured birds from sub-Saharan Africa called turacos. Thanks to Allison Shultz for taking the time to chat with me!

Great Blue Turaco Specimen in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.JPG

Aside from the interview, most of what I learnt about turacos came from this book:

Forshaw, Joseph Michael. Turacos: a natural history of the musophagidae. Nokomis Editions, 2002.

turaco book.JPG

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