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  • Synonyms Blue Turaco, Great Turaco, Blue Plantain-eater, Great Blue Touraco, Yala River Great Blue Turaco, Great Blue Plantain-eater
  • Old latin name for bird Musophaga cristata

Great Blue Turacobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    Uganda
  • 2.
    Flight call, song, © Paweł Szymański
    Cameroon
  • 3.
    Call, © Josh Engel
    Uganda
  • 4.
    Song, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    Uganda
  • 5.
    Call, © Brian Cox
    Uganda
  • 6.
    Call, © Josh Engel
    Uganda
  • 7.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 8.
    Call, song, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 9.
    Call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 10.
    Song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Great Blue Turaco

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion Guinea-Bissau and Guinea to w Kenya, nw Tanzania and n Angola

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalanturac gegant
Chinese蓝蕉鹃
Chinese (Traditional)藍蕉鵑
Croatianveliki turako
Czechturako velký
DanishKæmpeturako
DutchReuzentoerako
Estonianhiidturako
Finnishkeisariturako
FrenchTouraco géant
GermanRiesenturako
Hungarianóriásturákó
IcelandicStóridofri
ItalianTuraco azzurro gigante, Turaco blu maggiore
Japaneseカンムリエボシドリ
Kazakhисполин туракосы
Lithuanianmėlynasis turakas
Malteseturako l-kbir ikħal
Norwegiankjempeturako
Norwegian NynorskKjempeturako
Polishszyszak, Turako olbrzymi
PortugueseTauraco grande, turaco-gigante, Turaco-grande
RussianХохлатый турако, исполинский турако, Большой турако, большой голубой турако
SerbianVeliki plavi turako
SlovakTurako modrý, koko veľký
SlovenianVeliki turako
SpanishTuraco gigante
SwahiliShorobo Mkuu
Swedishjätteturako
TurkishBüyük Turako
Ukrainianтурако блакитний
Uzbekкокилдор турако