Purple-crested Turaco
Gallirex porphyreolophus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Family
- Musophagidae
- Genus
- Gallirex
- eBird Code
- puctur2
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
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Gallirex porphyreolophus porphyreolophus
Zimbabwe and central Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River) to northeastern South Africa (southward to KwaZulu-Natal)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.