Purple-Crested Turaco
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Purple-Crested Turaco

Tauraco porphyreolophus

Insufficient data
overall probability at Nyungwe National Park
1 Verified records at Nyungwe National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The purple-crested turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) or, in South Africa, the purple-crested loerie, (Khurukhuru in the Luvenḓa (Venḓa) language) is a species of bird in the turaco clade with an unresolved phylogenetic placement. Initial analyses placed the purple-crested turaco in the family Musophagidae, but studies have indicated that these birds do not belong to this family and have been placed in the clade of turacos with an unresolved phylogeny. It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the crimson flight feathers of this and related turaco species are important in the ceremonial regalia of the Swazi royal family. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Nyungwe National Park

Black-billed Turaco
LC

Black-billed Turaco

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tauraco schuettii

30–40% · Possible
🐦 No photo available

Ruwenzori Turaco

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ruwenzorornis johnstoni

30–40% · Possible
Great Blue Turaco
LC

Great Blue Turaco

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corythaeola cristata

30–40% · Possible
Ross' Turaco
LC

Ross' Turaco

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Musophaga rossae

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Purple-Crested Turaco at Nyungwe National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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
30–40%
2 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
30–40%
3 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
4 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
5 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
6 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
7 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
8 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
9 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
10 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
11 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
12 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
13 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
14 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
15 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
16 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
17 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
18 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
19 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
20 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
21 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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