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Turaco

The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (/ˌmjuːzoʊˈfædʒɪdiː/ "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as loeries. They are semi-zygodactylous: the fourth (outer) toe can be switched back and forth. The second and third toes, which always point…

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FossilVeflintornisMiddle MioceneGrive-Saint-AlbanFrance
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BirdPlantain-eatersGo-away-birdsSemi-zygodactylousCrests
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GeobiosDoiPMIDISBNWayback Machine
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Morphology

Great blue turacoTuracoverdinCarotenoidTuracinPorphyrins
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Turaco

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples111
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
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Turaco

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related to General and cited references · 55
Turaco → Alfred, Allan, Archived, Baker, Ballmann, Cambridge University Press, Cenozoic Birds, David, Elen, Encyclopædia Britannica, English, Europe, Evolution, French, García-Moreno, Geobios, Grive-Saint-Alban, Hugh, Hughes, In Chisholm
related to Evolution and systematics · 26
Turaco → Africa, Apopempsis, Early Miocene, Egypt, Europe, European, France, Further, Gaimersheim, Germany, Grive-Saint-Alban, It, Kenya, Late Oligocene, Mediterranean, Middle Miocene, Oligocene, Paleogene, Pierce Brodkorb, Saharan
related to Phylogeny · 10
Turaco → However, IOC World Bird List, List, Notes, Perktaş, Proturacus, Tauraco, The, The IOC World Bird, This
related to Interaction with humans · 7
Turaco → Africa, British, Constantine Walter Benson, Swazi, The, They, Zulu
related to Morphology · 7
Turaco → In, Juveniles, Most, Other, The, Their, They
related to External links · 2
Turaco → International Touraco SocietyTuraco, Internet Bird Collection

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turacos species birds apopempsis africa bird family go-away-birds brodkorb order genus known musophagidae tauraco kašin 1976 1971 musophaga 10 blue

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some carotenoidinstance ofin bird colors result from a yellow pigment0.80text
combined with the prismatic physical structure of the feather itself which scatters the light in a particular wayinstance ofin bird colors result from a yellow pigment0.80text
giving a blue colour.Turaco wings contain the red pigment turacininstance ofin bird colors result from a yellow pigment0.80text
unlike in other birds where red colour is due to carotenoidsinstance ofin bird colors result from a yellow pigment0.80text
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsThe0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsVeflintornis0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsMiddle Miocene0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsGrive-Saint-Alban0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsFrance0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsIt0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsApopempsis0.60section
Turacorelated to Evolution and systematicsPierce Brodkorb0.60section

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