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Red-crested Turaco
Tauraco erythrolophus (Red-crested Turaco · アカガシラエボシドリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, United States, announced the hatching of a chick in December 2020 and noted that it is fed bananas, apples, papayas, cooked sweet potatoes, and pelleted feed.
- 💡 Its body length of about 46 cm is about 2/3 of the width of a school desk (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Red-crested Turaco is a tree-dwelling bird of African forests centered in Angola, moving about by hopping and gliding among branches.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body length is about 46 cm, with bright red patches on the wings. Full-grown adults weigh slightly more than half a pound.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
In the wild, it feeds on fruits and spends most of its time in the forest canopy. It gives loud calls said to sound like a monkey.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22688346/264122347
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 264122347
- • wikidata.org — Q769898
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Red-crested Turaco RWD.jpg
- • blog.zoo.org — a-hatching-36-years-in-making-hello.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kai Caspar · CC BY 4.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Tauraco fischeri)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.