Musophagiformes / Musophagidae / Gallirex
Purple-crested Turaco
Gallirex porphyreolophus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Family
- Musophagidae
- Genus
- Gallirex
Taxonomy Changes
Tauraco porphyreolophus → Gallirex porphyreolophus
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
i_c_riddell · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Gallirex porphyreolophus chlorochlamys
southeastern Kenya and southwestern Uganda to Tanzania and northern Mozambique
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
