Turaco

*The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae, which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as loeries. They are semi-zygodactylous: the fourth toe can be switched back and forth.

Family: Musophagidae; Lesson, 1828

Order: Musophagiformes; Seebohm, 1890

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves