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Black-billed Turaco
Tauraco schuettii (Cabanis, JL 1879)
The black-billed turaco is a medium-sized turaco, an endemic family to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a resident breeder in the forests of central Africa, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, West Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. Source: Wikipedia
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Musophagiformes
Family:
Musophagidae
Genus:
Tauraco
Scientific:
Tauraco schuettii
Classification
Order:Musophagiformes
Family:
Musophagidae
Genus:
Tauraco
Scientific:
Tauraco schuettii
Original description
Citation:
(Cabanis, JL 1879)
Reference:
Orn. Centralblatt
4 p.180
Protonym:
Corythaix Schüttii
Type locality:
Interior of southwestern Africa.
Link:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ornith-Centralblatt_4_I-LIII.pdf
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
C9A1C7731AA8C9D0
Avibase ID:
avibase-C9A1C773
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C9A1C773
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555326
Geographic range:
- Tauraco schuettii: lowland to montane forest from southern Central African Republic eastward to southern South Sudan and western Kenya, and southward to southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (to the Angola border at least) and northwestern Tanzania
- Tauraco schuettii schuettii: Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward to the Ituri Basin and southward to northern Angola
- Tauraco schuettii emini: South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
Black-billed Turaco
Afrikaans:
Swartbekloerie
Bulgarian:
Черноклюно турако
Catalan:
Turac becnegre
Czech:
turako černozobý
Danish:
Sortnæbbet Turako
German:
Schwarzschnabelturako
Esperanto:
nigrabeka turako
Spanish:
Turaco Piquinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Turaco Piquinegro
Estonian:
mustnokk-turako
Finnish:
mustanokkaturako
French:
Touraco à bec noir
Croatian:
crnokljuni turako
Hungarian:
feketecsőrű turákó
Italian:
Turaco becconero
Japanese (romaji):
hashiguroeboshidori
Japanese:
ハシグロエボシドリ
Lithuanian:
Juodasnapis turakas
Dutch:
Zwartsnaveltoerako
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartnebbturako
Norwegian:
Svartnebbturako
Polish:
turak czarnodzioby
Portuguese:
turaco-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
turaco-de-bico-preto
Russian:
Черноклювый турако
Slovak:
turako čiernozobý
Serbian:
Crnokljuni turako
Swedish:
svartnäbbad turako
Turkish:
Kara gagalı turako
Ukrainian:
Турако червонодзьобий
Chinese:
黑嘴蕉鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
黑嘴冠蕉鵑
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Touraco à bec noir ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Touraco à bec noir ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schutti) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuetti) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Tauraco schuettii [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Tauraco schüttii [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Tauraco schüttii [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-billed Turaco ( Tauraco schuettii) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tauraco schuettii [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tauraco schuettii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Swartbekloerie
Bulgarian: Черноклюно турако
Catalan: Turac becnegre
Czech: turaco černozobý, Turako cernozobý, turako černozobý
Danish: Sortnæbbet Turako
German: Schwarzschnabelturako
English: Angola Black-billed Lourie, Black billed Turaco, Black-bellied Turaco, Black-billed Loerie, Black-billed Touraco, Black-billed Turaco
English (Avilist): Black-billed Turaco
English, HBW: Black-billed Turaco
English (IOC): Black-billed Turaco
English (Kenya): Black-billed Turaco
English (United States): Black-billed Turaco
Esperanto: nigrabeka turako
Spanish: Turaco de Pico Negro, Turaco Piquinegro
Spanish (Spain): Turaco Piquinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-billed Turaco
Estonian: mustnokk-turako
Finnish: Mustanokkaturako
French: Touraco à bec noir
French (Guyane): Touraco à bec noir
Croatian: crnokljuni turako
Hungarian: feketecsőrű turákó
Italian: Turaco becconero
Japanese (romaji): hashiguroeboshidori
Japanese: ハシグロエボシドリ
Scientific: Corythaix Schüttii, Corythaixoides schuettii, Tauraco schuetti, Tauraco schuettii, Tauraco schuettii schuettii, Tauraco schutti, Tauraco schüttii
Lithuanian: Juodasnapis turakas
Dutch: Zwartsnaveltoerako
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartnebbturako
Norwegian: Svartnebbturako
Polish: turak czarnodzioby
Portuguese: Tauraco de bico preto, Turaco-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): turaco-de-bico-preto
Russian: Черноклювый турако
Slovak: turako čiernozobý
Serbian: Crnokljuni turako
Swedish: Svartnäbbad turako
Swahili: Shorobo Domo-jeusi
Turkish: Kara gagalı turako
Ukrainian: Турако червонодзьобий
Chinese: 黑嘴蕉鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 黑嘴冠蕉鵑
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