Family

Turacos

Musophagidae

19 species in our catalog · found in 52 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderMusophagiformes (Turacos)
FamilyMusophagidae (Turacos)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Corythaixoides concolor

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Crinifer piscator

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Corythaixoides leucogaster

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Corythaixoides personatus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Tauraco hartlaubi

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Corythaeola cristata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco corythaix

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Crinifer zonurus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco schalowi

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco leucolophus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tauraco schuettii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tauraco livingstonii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tauraco porphyreolophus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Ruwenzorornis johnstoni

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tauraco leucotis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Musophaga rossae

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Musophaga violacea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Tauraco fischeri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tauraco persa

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%

Jan

~40%

Feb

~40%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~40%

May

~40%

Jun

~50%

Jul

~40%

Aug

~40%

Sep

~40%

Oct

~40%

Nov

~40%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Turacos

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	7	~90%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~50%
	White-crested Turaco			~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Ross' Turaco			Insufficient data
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Great Blue Turaco			Insufficient data
	Black-billed Turaco			Insufficient data
2	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	~80%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~80%
3	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	~80%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~80%
4	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	7	~80%
	Great Blue Turaco			~50%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
	Ross' Turaco			~30%
	Black-billed Turaco			~20%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	White-crested Turaco			Insufficient data
	Ruwenzori Turaco			Insufficient data
5	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	3	~80%
	Western Grey Plantain-eater			~70%
	Violet Turaco			~20%
	Green Turaco			Insufficient data
6	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	~80%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Ross' Turaco			Insufficient data
	Hartlaub's Turaco			Insufficient data
7	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3	~80%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Schalow's Turaco			~50%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
8	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	5	~70%
	Black-billed Turaco			~40%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			~30%
	Great Blue Turaco			~30%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
9	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4	~70%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Ross' Turaco			~20%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
10	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	~70%
	Black-billed Turaco			~40%
	Great Blue Turaco			~40%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			<5%
	White-crested Turaco			Insufficient data
11	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2	~70%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
12	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	~70%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Ross' Turaco			~20%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
	White-crested Turaco			Insufficient data
	Black-billed Turaco			Insufficient data
13	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~70%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Knysna Turaco			<5%
14	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~70%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~70%
15	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~60%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~10%
16	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~60%
	Livingstone's Turaco			~40%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~40%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
17	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	3	~60%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~60%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
	Schalow's Turaco			Insufficient data
18	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	~60%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~40%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Fischer's Turaco			Insufficient data
19	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~60%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~10%
20	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~60%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~60%
21	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4	~60%
	Great Blue Turaco			~40%
	Black-billed Turaco			~20%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
22	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3	~60%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Schalow's Turaco			Insufficient data
23	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	~50%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
24	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
25	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	~50%
	Knysna Turaco			~50%
26	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
27	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~40%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~10%
28	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	4	~50%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~30%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Schalow's Turaco			Insufficient data
	Livingstone's Turaco			Insufficient data
29	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~50%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
30	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	2	~50%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~50%
	Schalow's Turaco			<5%
31	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2	~50%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~40%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~20%
32	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2	~40%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~40%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
33	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	7	~40%
	Black-billed Turaco			~20%
	Great Blue Turaco			~20%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			<5%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	White-crested Turaco			Insufficient data
34	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	~40%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
35	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	7	~40%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~30%
	White-crested Turaco			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
	Black-billed Turaco			Insufficient data
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
36	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	~40%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			Insufficient data
	Hartlaub's Turaco			Insufficient data
37	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	~40%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			~30%
	Schalow's Turaco			<5%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			Insufficient data
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
38	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	3	~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~20%
	Livingstone's Turaco			~10%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~10%
39	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	~30%
	White-Cheeked Turaco			~30%
40	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	~30%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~20%
	Fischer's Turaco			~10%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			~10%
41	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	~30%
	Eastern Grey Plantain-eater			~10%
	Ross' Turaco			~10%
	Great Blue Turaco			<5%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Black-billed Turaco			<5%
	White-crested Turaco			Insufficient data
42	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~30%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~30%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
43	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~30%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			~30%
44	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4	~20%
	Ruwenzori Turaco			~20%
	Black-billed Turaco			<5%
	Ross' Turaco			<5%
	Great Blue Turaco			Insufficient data
45	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5	~20%
	Schalow's Turaco			~10%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
	Hartlaub's Turaco			<5%
46	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	~20%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Hartlaub's Turaco			Insufficient data
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
47	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	~10%
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			~10%
48	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			Insufficient data
	Grey Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
	Livingstone's Turaco			Insufficient data
49	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	~10%
	Knysna Turaco			~10%
50	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~10%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			~10%
	Livingstone's Turaco			Insufficient data
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			Insufficient data
51	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~10%
	White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird			<5%
	Purple-Crested Turaco			<5%
	Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird			<5%
52	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Violet Turaco			Insufficient data