Great Blue Turaco
A species of Great Blue Turaco Scientific name : Corythaeola cristata Genus : Great Blue Turaco
Great Blue Turaco, A species of Great Blue Turaco
Botanical name: Corythaeola cristata
Genus: Great Blue Turaco
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Description
The great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a bird species of the family Musophagidae. It is the largest species of turaco. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. Generally, the great blue turaco is 70–76 cm (28–30 in) in length with a mass of 800–1,231 g (1.764–2.714 lb). In the Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the great blue turaco is actively hunted for meat and feathers. The blue and yellow tail feathers are prized for making good luck talismans. In the area of Bandundu around the city of Kikwit, it is called "Kolonvo". 
Size
75 cm
Life Expectancy
30 years
Feeding Habits
Great Blue Turaco, a frugivore, primarily consumes fruits, alongside buds, shoots, leaves, and flowers. Its feeding behavior includes foraging in tree canopies. Great Blue Turaco possesses adaptations for a varied plant-based diet and does not exhibit unique dietary preferences.
Habitat
Great Blue Turaco primarily inhabit dense forested environments, ranging from lowland to montane rainforests, including heavy gallery forests. These birds thrive across broader regions of tropical Africa, adapting to various altitudes, from sea level up to 2700 meters. They can also persist in fragmented or relict patches of forest, provided they are not disturbed or heavily hunted.
Dite type
Herbivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Turacos Family
Turacos Genus
Great Blue Turaco Species
Great Blue Turaco 
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