Kangkok dan turako (Cuckoos & Turacos)
Livingstone’s Turaco
Tauraco livingstonii
- tidak umum
- 35 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Named for David Livingstone, haunts East African coastal forests. Crimson wings only appear when it decides to move.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified; described as fairly common through much of its range, with an overall decreasing population trend (habitat loss-driven)
- Habitat
- Afromontane evergreen forest, riverine forest, forest edge and thickets; subtropical/tropical moist lowland and coastal forest from sea level up to roughly 2,500 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Like other turacos, Livingstone's Turaco owes its vivid crimson flight feathers to turacin, a copper-based red pigment found nowhere else in the animal kingdom, which can actually wash out of the feathers in heavy rain.
- Sebaran
- Southeastern Africa: an isolated population in Burundi, plus a broader band from southern Tanzania through Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the subtropical coast of eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); occurs in six countries with extent estimates ranging from ~974,000 km2 to 2.25 million km2, including a roughly 1 million km2 estimate.
- Makanan
- Primarily fruit (figs and various berries), supplemented with plant buds and occasional nectar; forages by gleaning in the forest canopy
- Ukuran
- 0,46 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
