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Guinea turaco

(Tauraco persa)

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Description

The Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa),also known as the green turaco,is a species of turaco,a group of near-passerines birds.It is found in forests of West and Central Africa,ranging from Senegal east to DR Congo and south to northern Angola.It lays two eggs in a tree platform nest.It formerly included the Livingstone's,Schalow's,Knysna,black-billed and Fischer's turacos as subspecies.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Musophagiformes
Family:Musophagidae
Genus:Tauraco
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