Turacos

White-cheeked Turaco

Tauraco leucotis

The White-cheeked Turaco (Tauraco leucotis) is a 265 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Turacos

Order

Musophagiformes

Weight

265 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Ethiopia, Netherlands, Eritrea, United Kingdom, ZZ, United States, Germany, Belgium.

Where to see it: Filfil Forest (Eritrea); Hara Langano Lodge (Ethiopia); Adi Keyh (Eritrea); Lake Ziway · southwestern shore (Ethiopia); Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia).

Photo: (c) Manuel Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist