| Purple-crested turaco | |
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| Nominate race in Ithala G. R. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Musophagiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Gallirex |
| Species: | G. porphyreolophus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallirex porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831)
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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 clade Turaco with an unresolved phylogenetic placement.[2][3] 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.[2][3] 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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallirex porphyreolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688380A93195329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688380A93195329.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Veron, G. (1999). "Phylogénie des touracos (Aves, Musophagidae). Analyse des caractères morphologiques". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 37 (1): 39–48. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.1999.95097.x. ISSN 1439-0469.
- ^ a b Veron, Géraldine; Winney, Bruce J. (2000). "Phylogenetic relationships within the turacos (Musophagidae)". Ibis. 142 (3): 446–456. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2000.tb04441.x. ISSN 1474-919X.