Species profile
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
Quick answer
MUSEUM MATERIAL. — MCCI 2175, 3344, 3457, 3465; MGPT- MPOC 321; SMF 11748, 12552, 12556.
- Scientific name
- Crinifer piscator
- Family
- Musophagidae
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- Genus
- Crinifer
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Western Plantain-eater in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Musophagidae
- Bannerman's Turaco (Tauraco bannermani)
- Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuettii)
- Brown-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus)
- Eastern Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
- Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
- Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- Green Turaco (Tauraco persa)
- Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor)