Beautiful Colours Of Knysna Turaco Just Like A Rainbow (Pics & Video)

The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Swaziland. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of West Africa. The Livingstone's and Schalow's turacos were once considered subspecies.

Some facts about Knysna Turaco What type of animal is a Knysna turaco? The turacos belong to the family Musophagidae in which the go-away birds and the plantain eaters are also included. In South Africa, the turacos are often compared to the go-away birds and are popularly known as Loeries. They live in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa and West Africa.