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Tauraco (turacos)

Osteichthyes - Cuculiformes - Musophagidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1779Tauraco Kluk
2014Tauraco del Hoyo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCuculiformesWagler 1830
suborderMusophagiSeebohm 1890
familyMusophagidaeBonaparte 1831
subfamilyMusophaginaeLesson 1828
genusTauracoKluk 1779

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tauraco Kluk 1779 [turacos]
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Tauraco bannermani Bates 1923 [Bannerman's turaco]
Tauraco corythaix Wagler 1827 [Knysna turaco]
Tauraco erythrolophus Vieillot 1819 [Red-crested turaco]
Tauraco fischeri Reichenow 1878 [Fischer's turaco]
Tauraco hartlaubi Fischer and Reichenow 1884 [Hartlaub's turaco]
Tauraco leucolophus Heuglin 1855 [White-crested turaco]
Tauraco leucotis Ruppell 1835 [White-cheeked turaco]
Tauraco livingstonii Gray 1864 [Livingstone's turaco]
Tauraco macrorhynchus Fraser 1839 [Yellow-billed turaco]
Tauraco persa Linnaeus 1758 [Green turaco]
Tauraco ruspolii Salvadori 1896 [Ruspoli's turaco]
Tauraco schalowi Reichenow 1891 [Schalow's turaco]
Tauraco schuettii Cabanis 1879 [Black-billed turaco]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:50:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:50:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875
Collections
No collection or age range data are available