Profile
In flight
Cuckoos & Turacos
White-cheeked Turaco
Tauraco leucotis
- uncommon
- 35 km/h
- Least Concern
Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands above 1,800m. The white cheeks are impossible to miss even in dense forest shadow.
- Population
- Unquantified; common to fairly common
- Habitat
- Montane forest, forest edge, and shrubland
- Fun fact
- Escaped captive birds have established small feral populations in parts of the United Kingdom.
- Range
- Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and adjacent Somalia
- Diet
- Fruit, flowers, buds, and young leaves
- Size
- 0.43 m
- Lifespan
- 20 years
