#Gallirex porphyreolophus

[birdblues]

Purple-crested Turaco

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“The Doting Couple”

Purple-crested Turacos(Gallirex porphyreolophus)

South Africa

by Richard Flack

All images © Bird Photographer of the Year

[herpsandbirds]

saw that other people were doing color-based asks & I was wondering - do you have any picks for favorite ourple animals?

PURPLE BIRBS:

I have a few violet friends for you...

Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi), male, family Sturnidae, Damaraland, Namibia

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus), family Cuculidae, found in SE Asia and the Philippines

photograph by Willy Wong

Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), family Trochilidae, found in Colombia and Ecuador

photograph by @paola.rendon

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, South Africa

Photograph by Richard Flack

Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus), T - female & B - male, family Maluridae, found in northern Australia

photograph by @NeyPereira_RJ

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), family Nectariniidae, Bubanza, Burundi

photograph by Rhys Marsh

[mutant-distraction]

Purple-crested Turaco from Kenya🇰🇪

The purple-crested turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) or, in South Africa, the purple-crested loerie is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Eswatini(formerly Swaziland)

Photo by:@kenyanbirder

[typhlonectes]

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), Kumasinga hide, Mkhuze, Kawazulu Natal, South Africa

photographs by Vince Smith CC

[birdblues]

Purple-crested Turaco

[herpsandbirds]

It's National Wildlife Day Yaayy 🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉

So to celebrate, can you give us animals that have the weirdest hairstyles thank you :3

Oh yesssss, let's go for some crested friends...

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, South Africa

Photograph by David Irving

Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata), male, family Hemiprocnidae, order Apodiformes, found in South and SE Asia

photograph by Kamlesh Mirkale

Crested Guans (Penelope purpurascens), family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Colombia

photograph by Rabbi Chowkidar

Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul), L - female and R - male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Sabah, Indonesia

Photograph by Henrick Tan

Red-crested Cotingas (Ampelion rubrocristatus), family Cotingidae, found in the Andes Mountains of South America

photograph by David Monroy

[herpsandbirds]

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, South Africa

Photograph by David Irving

[herpsandbirds]

Could I perhaps have a couple turacos? They are my favorite bird family and I love their soft big eyes and pigments <3

Turacos:

Sure thing, here's a few of my favorites...

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, South Africa

Photograph by Bernard DuPont

White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus), family Musophagidae, found in central and Eastern Africa

photograph by frankie.low33 

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata), family Musophagidae, Kakamega Forest, Kakamega and Nandi County, Kenya

Photograph by takanagaphotogallery

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Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Kenya

Photograph by @kenyanbirder

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Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, South Africa

Photograph by Richard Flack

[herpsandbirds]

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, South Africa

Photograph by Bernard DuPont

[birdblues]

Purple-crested Turaco

[birdblues]

Purple-crested Turaco

[typhlonectes]

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), Ntshondwe Camp, Ithala Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

photograph by Bernard DuPont CC