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Ross's turaco

Tauraco rossae (Gould, 1852)

Status not recordedbirds

The ross's turaco (Tauraco rossae) is a species in the family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes. Recorded adults weigh 360 g to 416 g.

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Quick facts about the ross's turaco

Weight
360 g – 416 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
1.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ross's turaco live?

Not recorded

Is the ross's turaco endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ross's turaco classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderMusophagiformes
  5. familyMusophagidae
  6. genusTauraco
  7. SpeciesTauraco rossae (Gould, 1852)

Synonyms Musophaga rossae, Musophaga rossae savannicola, Musophaga violacea rossae, Musophaga violacea savannicola, Tauraco violaceus savannicolus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Lady Ross's turacoEnglish
  • ROTUEnglish
  • RooikuifloerieAfrikaans
  • مواز روسArabic
  • توراكو روزArabic
  • turac de RossCatalan
  • Turac de Lady RossCatalan
  • banánovec chocholatýCzech
  • turako rudokorunkatýCzech
  • Gulmasket TurakoDanish
  • RossturakoGerman
  • Τουράκο του ΡοςGreek
  • flavmaska turakoEsperanto
  • Turaco de RossSpanish
  • prillturakoEstonian
  • kongonviolettiturakoFinnish
  • Touraco de Lady RossFrench
  • žutočeli turakoCroatian
  • rózsás turákóHungarian
  • Turaco di RossItalian
  • ムラサキエボシドリJapanese
  • Centrinės Afrikos plikaakis turakasLithuanian
  • Lady Ross' ToerakoDutch
  • rødtoppturakoNorwegian
  • turak czerwonoczubyPolish
  • turaco-azulPortuguese
  • turaco-de-rossPortuguese
  • Гологлазый туракоRussian
  • Центральноафриканский гологлазый туракоRussian
  • turako chochlatýSlovak
  • Rosov turakoSerbian
  • gulmaskad turakoSwedish
  • นกทูราโครอสส์Thai
  • Ross TurakosuTurkish
  • турако червоночубийUkrainian
  • 短冠紫蕉鵑Chinese
  • 短冠紫蕉鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the ross'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 ross's turaco?

An adult ross's turaco weighs 360 g – 416 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ross's turaco?

The ross's turaco (Tauraco rossae) 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). Ross's turaco (Tauraco rossae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rosss-turaco

MLA

“Ross's turaco (Tauraco rossae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rosss-turaco.

BibTeX
@misc{rosss_turaco_2026,
  title = {Ross's turaco (Tauraco rossae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rosss-turaco},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}