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[[image: pcturaco.jpg ]] '''Common Name:''' Purple-crested Turaco '''Scientific Name:''' Tauraco porphyreolophus '''Size:''' 17 inches (43cm) '''Habitat:''' Southwestern Uganda, Southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, East Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and East Zaire. Found in riverine forests, woodlands, thickets and moist brush from sea level to 1300m. '''Status:''' Stable, common within it’s area. '''Diet:''' Fruit and to a lesser extent; flowers and insects. '''Breeding:''' Male and female look alike. They built nests of twigs and sticks in the canopy and lay 2 to 3 eggs. '''Cool Facts:''' Turacos come from the Musophagidae family which literally means “banana-eaters”. Often seen in the canopy, generally running and jumping from limb to limb hunting for fruit. They glide weakly from tree to tree giving the appearance of jumping from limb to limb rather than flying. The greenish color in the feathers comes from turacoverdin which is the only true green pigment in birds. Other greenish colors in birds actually come from a yellow pigment such as lypochrome which when combined with the prismatic bluish structure of the feather looks green. The red pigment in the wings comes from turacin. Both turacoverdin and turacin are unique to Turacos. '''Found in [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=3523&cat=&_m=d&refid=653438178 Africa]'''
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