Schalow's turaco

Schalow's turaco
At Lotherton Bird Gardens, Leeds
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Musophagiformes
Family: Musophagidae
Genus: Tauraco
Species:
T. schalowi
Binomial name
Tauraco schalowi
(Reichenow, 1891)
Distribution of the Schalow's turaco
Schalow's Turaco

Schalow's turaco (Tauraco schalowi) is a frugivorous bird in the family Musophagidae. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German banker and amateur ornithologist Herman Schalow.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tauraco schalowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688323A93192562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688323A93192562.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 301.