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Fischer's turaco

Tauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri) is a species in the family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes. Recorded adults weigh 246 g to 254 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
Photo: Doug Janson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fischer's turaco

Weight
246 g – 254 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fischer's turaco live?

Not recorded

What is the fischer's turaco?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Coastal East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping for the wildlife trade.

From the Wikipedia article “Fischer's turaco” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fischer%27s_turaco&oldid=1350635486), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the fischer's turaco endangered?

The fischer's turaco is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the fischer's turaco classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderMusophagiformes
  5. familyMusophagidae
  6. genusTauraco
  7. SpeciesTauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878)

Synonyms Corythaix fischeri

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • FITUEnglish
  • توراكو فيشرArabic
  • توراكو فيشريArabic
  • Tourako FischerBreton
  • turac de FischerCatalan
  • turako pobřežníCzech
  • turako FischerůvCzech
  • twraco FischerWelsh
  • Fischer´ TurakoDanish
  • Fischers TurakoDanish
  • FischerturakoGerman
  • RotkronturakoGerman
  • fiŝera turakoEsperanto
  • Turaco de FischerSpanish
  • Tauraco de FischeriSpanish
  • rannikuturakoEstonian
  • موزخوار فیشرPersian
  • punatöyhtöturakoFinnish
  • Touraco de FischerFrench
  • crvenokresti turakoCroatian
  • Fischer-turákóHungarian
  • Turaco di FischerItalian
  • フィッシャーエボシドリJapanese
  • Fišerio turakasLithuanian
  • ഫിഷേഴ്സ് ടുറാക്കോMalayalam
  • Фишер туракоWestern Mari
  • Hashkʼaan yildeełí bitsiiyah łichíʼígííNavajo
  • Fischers ToerakoDutch
  • rødnakketurakoNorwegian
  • turak koroniastyPolish
  • turaco-orientalPortuguese
  • turaco-de-fischerPortuguese
  • Турако ФишераRussian
  • Береговой туракоRussian
  • turako korunkovýSlovak
  • Fischerjev turakoSlovenian
  • Fišerov turakoSerbian
  • kustturakoSwedish
  • Finsch TurakosuTurkish
  • турако кенійськийUkrainian
  • 费氏蕉鹃Chinese
  • 費氏冠蕉鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the fischer's turaco

Other species in the same genus Tauraco.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fischer's turaco?

An adult fischer's turaco weighs 246 g – 254 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fischer's turaco endangered?

The fischer's turaco is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the fischer's turaco?

The fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri) belongs to the family Musophagidae in the order Musophagiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fischers-turaco

MLA

“Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fischers-turaco.

BibTeX
@misc{fischers_turaco_2026,
  title = {Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fischers-turaco},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}