Violet turaco
Tauraco violaceus (Isert, 1788)
Status not recordedbirds
The violet turaco (Tauraco violaceus) is a species in the family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 360 g.
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Quick facts about the violet turaco
- Weight
- 360 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
- 2src 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 violet turaco live?
Not recorded
Is the violet 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 violet turaco classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderMusophagiformes
- familyMusophagidae
- genusTauraco
- SpeciesTauraco violaceus (Isert, 1788)
Synonyms Musophaga violacea, Tauraco violaceus violaceus
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- Violaceous turacoEnglish
- VITUEnglish
- مواز بنفسجيArabic
- توراكو بنفسجيArabic
- Виолетово туракоBulgarian
- turac violaciCatalan
- banánovec obecnýCzech
- ViolturakoDanish
- SchildturakoGerman
- Βιολετί ΤουράκοGreek
- viola turakoEsperanto
- Turaco violetaSpanish
- Turaco violáceoSpanish
- violett-turakoEstonian
- guineanviolettiturakoFinnish
- Touraco violetFrench
- viola turákóHungarian
- Turaco violettoItalian
- ニシムラサキエボシドリJapanese
- violetinis plikaakis turakasLithuanian
- Violette ToerakoDutch
- fioletturakoNorwegian
- turak fioletowyPolish
- turaco-violetaPortuguese
- Фиолетовый туракоRussian
- Фиолетовый гологлазый туракоRussian
- turako fialovýSlovak
- Ljubičasti turakoSerbian
- lila turakoSwedish
- นกทูราโคม่วงThai
- Mor TurakoTurkish
- турако фіолетовийUkrainian
- 紫蕉鵑Chinese
- 紫蕉鹃Chinese
Relatives of the violet turaco
Other species in the same genus Tauraco.
Red-crested turaco
Tauraco erythrolophus
Guinea turaco
Tauraco persa
Knysna turaco
Tauraco corythaix
White-crested turaco
Tauraco leucolophus
Hartlaub's turaco
Tauraco hartlaubi
Fischer's turaco
Tauraco fischeri
CompareViolet turaco vs Red-crested turacoViolet turaco vs Guinea turacoViolet turaco vs Knysna turacoViolet turaco vs White-crested turaco
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the violet turaco?
An adult violet turaco weighs 360 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the violet turaco?
The violet turaco (Tauraco violaceus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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