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Fischer's Turaco

Tauraco fischeri

Photo by sttweets
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Habitat:

Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Here spotted in Burgers Zoo Arnhem, Netherlands

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Comments (7)
sttweets
Thanks for all your feedback!
Gina9210
The third pics, its seems it is saying leave me alone! :-))
Gina9210
According to the book of Encyclopedia of Birds yes it is. sttweets, this species is considered to be near threatened.
sttweets
Can anyone tell whether the upper beak is always like shows here?

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