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Menelikornis leucotis  (Rüppell, 1835)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1243717

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tauraco leucotis (Rüppell, 1835)
  
    Corythaix leucotis Rüppell, 1835
  
  Common Name(s): White-cheeked Turaco [English]
  
    turaco-de-orelha-branca [Portuguese]
  
    Touraco à joues blanches [French]
  
    Turaco cariblanco [Spanish]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderMusophagiformes  – turacos  
                            FamilyMusophagidae  – Turacos  
                               GenusMenelikornis Boetticher, 1947  
                                  SpeciesMenelikornis leucotis (Rüppell, 1835) – White-cheeked Turaco, turaco-de-orelha-branca, Touraco à joues blanches, Turaco cariblanco  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesMenelikornis leucotis donaldsoni (Sharpe, 1895)  
                                     SubspeciesMenelikornis leucotis leucotis (Rüppell, 1835)  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 14.2), website (version 14.2)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 16 October 2024]   
  Reference for: Menelikornis leucotis, White-cheeked Turaco [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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