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Species of bird

The purple-crested turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) or, in South Africa, the purple-crested loerie, is a species of bird in the clade Turaco with an unresolved phylogenetic placement.[2][3] Initial analyses placed the purple-crested turaco in the family Musophagidae, but studies have indicated that these birds do not belong to this family and have been placed in the clade of Turacos with an unresolved phylogeny.[2][3] It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the crimson flight feathers of this and related turaco species are important in the ceremonial regalia of the Swazi royal family.

This bird has a purple coloured crest above a green head, a red ring around their eyes, and a black bill. The neck and chest are green an...