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Western Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator
Family
Turacos
Order
Musophagiformes
Codes
wesple1, WPEA, WEPE
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderMusophagiformes
FamilyTuracos (Musophagidae)
SpeciesCrinifer piscator
Codeswesple1, WPEA, WEPE
Identification

The Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) is a member of the Turacos family within the order Musophagiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code wesple1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Turacos
Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata
Gray Go-away-bird
Crinifer concolor
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Crinifer personatus
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Crinifer leucogaster
Eastern Plantain-eater
Crinifer zonurus
Rwenzori Turaco
Gallirex johnstoni
Western Plantain-eater photo
(c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Crinifer piscator

Family: Turacos

Order: Musophagiformes

eBird Code: wesple1