Turako Bird
- Category: Exotic Birds
<pre style="background:#F8F9FA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Turacos attract attention with their eye-catching colors. </span></pre><pre style="background:#F8F9FA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">While some species are dominated by gray, brown or white, the colors of the 10 species of the</span></pre><pre style="background:#F8F9FA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> Tauraco genus and two species of the Musophaga genus are quite showy; </span></pre><pre style="background:#F8F9FA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">this brightness is due to the red and green pigments called turacin and turakoverdin,</span></pre><pre style="background:#F8F9FA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> which are unique to these species.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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