Tauraco erythrolophus
Cuculiformes - Musophagidae - Turacos
© Louise Peat
Distribution: Africa - West and Central Angola
Habitat: Evergreen and riverine forests.
Diet: Very little information known on wild diet. Primarily thought to take fruit and berries.
Breeding: Nest on a flimsy platform of twigs, 1.5 - 10 meters off the ground.
Clutch size: Usually two white eggs.
Incubation: Shared by both sexes - 24 days.
Rearing: The young are fed by both sexes. Chicks fed by parents regurgitating food into beak.
Fledge age: 16-21days, will attempt to leave the nest before they can fly.
Maturity: Both sexes capable of breeding from 1 year old.
View Cotswold Wildlife Park protocol file >
Protocol established 2006
Used on 5 individuals
Success rate 60.00%
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
View Davis Lund Aviaries protocol file >
Protocol established 1993
Used on ? individuals
Success rate ?%
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.
EAZA Best Practice Guidelines
http://tinyurl.com/gtf254s
Link to Turacos in Aviculture book. Kateri Davis, Davis Lund Aviaries
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