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Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

SourceGiles Laurent · Wikimedia Commons

BS-0028

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

Great Blue Turaco adults have predominantly blue-gray plumage with yellow-green lower underparts; males and females are alike in coloration. The back and rounded wings are largely unmarked, the breast grades from blue-gray toward greenish yellow, and the long tail consists of broad feathers. A prominent, upright crest of dense blue-black feathers distinguishes the head from the smoother neck plumage.

Family
Musophagidae
Region
Africa
Range
Central Africa
Habitat
Mountain Forest
Dominant color
Blue
Conservation status
Least Concern

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