Size: Length; 54cm. Weight; 444g.

Habitat and distribution: Zaire, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania through to Burundi, Angola and Zambia. Canopy of evergreen forests.

Groups and breeding: Nest on a platform of sticks. Lay 1 to 2 eggs, incubation is shared by both sexes for a period of around 26 days. Both parents share rearing, and chicks leave the nest at around 24 days, before they can fly properly. Adults stay in close attendance until the chick is more independent at around 31 days.

Diet: Fruits, berries, flowers, occasionally insects.

• 23 species make up the Musophagidae (turacos) family.
• Turacos are more commonly known as louries in Africa.
• Turacos have semi-zygodactyle toes; two point forwards and two backwards.
• Unique to the Turaco family are the presence of two copper pigments, red turacin and green turacoverdin; no other animal species has this. The colours are more intense in more lush habitats.
•  Due to their short rounded wings turacos, are poor fliers and spend most of their time running along or hopping from branch to branch.