Western Plantain-eater
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Turacos

Western Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator

LCLeast Concern
Family
Turacos (Musophagidae)
Order
Musophagiformes

Overview

The western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator), also known as the grey plantain-eater or western grey plantain-eater, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal passerine-like birds restricted to Africa.
This species is a resident breeder in open woodland habitats in tropical west Africa. It lays two or three eggs in a tree platform nest.
These are common, noisy and conspicuous birds, despite lacking the brilliant colours of relatives such as the violet turaco.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Acacia savanna of Senegambia to Central African Republic and western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.