Corythaeola cristata
Cuculiformes - Musophagidae - Turacos
© David Woolcock
Distribution: Equatorial Africa from Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and Ivory Coast E to Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, N Angola, Congo, Zaire, S Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, NW Tanzania and W Kenya
Habitat: Lowland, intermediate and montane rain forest.
Diet: Frugivorous, but buds, shoots and leaves and flowers also taken.
Breeding: Nest - Platform of dry sticks with a shallow rim. 8-25 m in tall leafy tree, often over water.
Clutch size: 2 eggs
Incubation: 29 - 31 days
Rearing: Both adults will take part in incubating, brooding and feeding (feed via regurgitation). Adults generally consume eggshell once the chicks have hatched.
Fledge age: 31 - 38 days
View Paradise Park, Cornwall protocol file >
Protocol established 2011
Used on 1 individuals
Success rate 100.00%
Rating
Protocol used for at least 5 individuals with over 75% success | |
Used by 2 or more institutions | |
Points on minimizing imprinting | |
Birds went on to produce fertile eggs | |
Birds went on to successfully parent rear |
Warning points
None
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Del Hoya, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol4. Sandgrouse to Cukoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.