Schalow's Turaco
Schalow's Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Tauraco schalowi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Chobe National Park
42 Verified records at Chobe National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Schalow's turaco (Tauraco schalowi) is a frugivorous bird in the family Musophagidae. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German banker and amateur ornithologist Herman Schalow. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Schalow's Turaco sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 42 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park

Grey Go-Away-Bird
LC

Grey Go-Away-Bird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corythaixoides concolor

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
40–50%
2 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
3 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
4 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
5–10%
5 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
6 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
7 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
8 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Schalow's Turaco in Chobe National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Schalow's Turaco sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 42 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Schalow's Turaco in Chobe National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Schalow's Turaco in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.

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