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White-crested turaco

Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The white-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) is a species in the family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes. Recorded adults weigh 212.5 g to 219 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
Photo: Brian · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-crested turaco

Weight
212.5 g – 219 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-crested turaco live?

Not recorded

What is the white-crested turaco?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) is a bird in the family Musophagidae, a group of African otidimorph birds. The white-crested turaco is native to riverine forest and woodland in a belt between eastern Nigeria and western Kenya. It is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being of "least concern".

From the Wikipedia article “White-crested turaco” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-crested_turaco&oldid=1375767823), 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 white-crested turaco endangered?

The white-crested turaco is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-crested turaco classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderMusophagiformes
  5. familyMusophagidae
  6. genusTauraco
  7. SpeciesTauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855)

Synonyms Corythaix leucolophus, Proturacus leucolophus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • WCTUEnglish
  • توراكو ذو العرف الأبيضArabic
  • turac de cresta blancaCatalan
  • turako bělokorunkatýCzech
  • turako bělochocholatýCzech
  • twraco cribwynWelsh
  • Hvidtoppet TurakoDanish
  • WeißhaubenturakoGerman
  • blankakresta turakoEsperanto
  • Turaco crestiblancoSpanish
  • valgetutt-turakoEstonian
  • valkoharjaturakoFinnish
  • Touraco à huppe blancheFrench
  • bjelokresti turakoCroatian
  • fehérbóbitás turákóHungarian
  • Turaco crestabiancaItalian
  • シロガシラエボシドリJapanese
  • baltakuodis turakasLithuanian
  • WitkuiftoerakoDutch
  • hvithodeturakoNorwegian
  • turak białoczubyPolish
  • turaco-de-poupa-brancaPortuguese
  • turaco-de-crista-brancaPortuguese
  • Белохохлый туракоRussian
  • turako bielochochlatýSlovak
  • Beloćubi turakoSerbian
  • vitkronad turakoSwedish
  • Ak Tepeli TurakoTurkish
  • Beyaz İbikli TurakoTurkish
  • турако білочубийUkrainian
  • 白冠蕉鵑Chinese
  • 白冠蕉鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-crested 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 white-crested turaco?

An adult white-crested turaco weighs 212.5 g – 219 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-crested turaco endangered?

The white-crested turaco is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the white-crested turaco?

The white-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) belongs to the family Musophagidae in the order Musophagiformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-crested-turaco

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_crested_turaco_2026,
  title = {White-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-crested-turaco},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}