The Red-crested Turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus, is a turaco

Turaco

The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae , which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as louries. They are semi-zygodactylous - the fourth toe can be switched back and forth...

, a group of Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

n near-passerines. It is a fruit-eating bird endemic to western Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.

Use in Movies

This species was used in the movie, The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap is a remake of the 1961 family film of the same name. It was directed and co-written by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It stars Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as a couple who divorce soon after marrying, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as their...

, in a surreal scene where the prospective step-mother, afloat on her air-mattress in mid-lake, is awakened by the bird flying in and landing on her body.