Livingstone's Turaco
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Livingstone's Turaco

Tauraco livingstonii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
593 Verified records at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Livingstone's turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone. It is distributed through the subtropical lowlands of southeastern Africa. It has an isolated population in Burundi, and is besides found from southern Tanzania to eastern and southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, widely in Mozambique and along the subtropical coast of South Africa. By appearances and behaviour, it has much in common with the Knysna turaco of South Africa, and Schalow's turaco which replaces it on the plateau regions to the west of its range. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Livingstone's Turaco sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 593 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Purple-Crested Turaco

Purple-Crested Turaco

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tauraco porphyreolophus

30–40% · Possible
Grey Go-Away-Bird
LC

Grey Go-Away-Bird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corythaixoides concolor

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
40–50
Feb
40–50
Mar
30–40
Apr
50–60
May
20–30
Jun
40–50
Jul
30–40
Aug
30–40
Sep
40–50
Oct
40–50
Nov
50–60
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
2 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
3 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
4 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
5 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Livingstone's Turaco in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?

About 42% of wildlife watchers report a Livingstone's Turaco sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 593 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Livingstone's Turaco in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Livingstone's Turaco in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.

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