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title: "Knysnatoerako"
description: "Tauraco corythaix — Vogels. The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/knysna-turaco
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knysnatoerako

> Tauraco corythaix — Vogels. The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds.

- Scientific name: *Tauraco corythaix*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1595
- Wikidata: [Q937505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937505)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7205](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7205)

## Names

- en: Knysna Turaco
- de: Helmturako
- es: Turaco de Knysna
- fr: Touraco louri
- nl: Knysnatoerako
- pt: Turaco-de-knysna
- pl: Turak niebieskozielony

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1459)

## Summary

The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Eswatini. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of West Africa. The Livingstone's and Schalow's turacos were once considered subspecies.
This species lays two eggs in a shallow platform nest made from sticks and placed in a tree or clump of creepers.
Within its range, this is an unmistakable bird, although often inconspicuous in the treetops…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna_turaco

## Photo

![Knysnatoerako](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/knysna-turaco/medium.jpg)

Photo: frogglet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290894545

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/knysna-turaco?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).