Ruspoli's Turaco
Menelikornis ruspolii (Salvadori, 1896)
Musophagidae — Turacos
Ruspoli's Turaco, Menelikornis ruspolii, is a bird of the Musophagidae family that breeds in montane south-central Ethiopia. It is found in juniper woodland with thick evergreen undergrowth near Arero and Wadera, and it also uses drier forest margins, acacia-conifer woodland and mixed broadleaf scrub. Its range lies at elevations from 1250 to 1860 metres above sea level. The species was described by Salvadori in 1896.
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Family
- Musophagidae — Turacos
- Breeding range
- Africa: montane sc Ethiopia
