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Yellow-billed Turaco
Tauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow-billed turaco (Tauraco macrorhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
The range of the yellow-billed turaco has a discontinuity, due to the dryer climate in the Dahomey Gap, separating two morphologically distinct subspecies, T. m. macrorhynchus from Sierra Leone to Ghana and T. m. verreauxii from Nigeria, through DR Congo to Angola. It has been proposed that they be recognised as two phylogenetic species, based on the biogeography, morphology and molecular phylogeny, and that the species be transferred to genus Musophaga, because they are not recovered with other Tauraco species.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-billed turaco; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:45:45.006978+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839)
- Name authority
- (Fraser, 1839)
- Common name
- Yellow-billed Turaco
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Family
- Musophagidae
- Genus
- Tauraco
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderMusophagiformes
- familyMusophagidae
- genusTauraco Kluk, 1779
- speciesTauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tauraco. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bannerman's TuracoTauraco bannermani (G. L. Bates, 1923) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix (Wagler, 1827) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fischer's TuracoTauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green TuracoTauraco persa (Linnaeus, 1758) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi (Reichenow, 1891) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-crested TuracoTauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) | MusophagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Corythaix macrorhynchus Fraser, 1839 Fraser, 1839 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555333 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:54Z7V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.