Turacos

"Behoove official turaco whistles!"

- Zazu, Can't Wait to be Queen Turacos are birds that appear in The Lion Guard universe. They live in the Pride Lands.

In the Real World
There are many species of turaco, but the ones featured in The Lion Guard are very likely great blue turacos, the largest species of turaco. These stout birds have mostly turquoise blue or grayish blue feathers, though their lower lower breasts, bellies, and undertail feathers are dull yellowish green and their undertail coverts, lower belly, and tibial feathers are chestnut brown. Their blue and yellow tail feathers are darker at the tips. They possess large, bright yellow beaks with red tips. Turacos bear dark blue crests atop their heads and red-brown eyes

In The Lion Guard
The turacos featured in The Lion Guard differ slightly in appearance from real turacos. While they do have blue upperparts and bluish black crests, their underparts are sky blue rather than yellow-green.

In the Real World
Turacos are tree-dwelling birds that spend all day feeding upon various plant parts(fruit, leaves, blossoms, etc) and insects. Turacos are vocal birds that utter deep, guttural calls, sometimes preceded by a quieter rolling trill noise. These sounds play a significant part in their displays of courtship. Female turacos lay two eggs at a time. These eggs are round, almost spherical, and light blue in color. When the offspring hatch, they are fed with regurgitated leaves.

In The Lion Guard
It is mentioned during Duties of the King that turacos have official whistles. The king behooves these whistles.

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
During Zuka Zama, turacos lean out from behind a tree and begin moving their wings up and down while singing "Zuka zama zom zom zom!". They reappear at the end of the song, in the same place.

Can't Wait to be Queen
During Duties of the King, Zazu sings that it is one of the king's duties to behoove official turaco whistles. A turaco lands on a branch near Simba, opens its beak(presumably whistling), and flies away. Later in the song, a turaco flies from one side of a forest path to the other.

The Search for Utamu
At the very end of the episode, turacos are shown flying.

The Call of the Drongo
When Tamaa sings about his trouble getting food, a turaco pecks at some seeds.