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Turaco ID?

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Was at Fragile Forest. Don't think it is a guinea or Livingstone’s turaco
The red bill and ring around the eye, as well as the white markings certainly resemble a Livingstone's. The white "tear" marking doesn't really match though. I actually can't find any turaco with the marking going down
 
Singapore has never had Knysna Turaco as far as records go (at least on Zootierliste).

This is definitely a White-cheeked x a Tauraco sp.

I am 99% sure that Tuaraco sp. is Livingstone's.

The reason for this is due to all the Singapore facilities only having Livingstone and Schalows turaco that would match the characteristics of a green turaco with a white stripe at the edge of its crest.

If it were to be a Schalow's Turaco (much rare in Singapore than the almost omnipresent Livingstone's Turaco) then the crest on the Hybrid would have been longer almost representing that of a normal Livingstone's Turaco.

Therefore the turaco you are looking at is most likely Livingstone's x White-cheeked Turaco
(Tauraco livingstonii x Menelikornis leucotis) [previously Tauraco leucotis]
 
@Jaguar_X thankiuu for the insight, also be Schalow's for sure as they arrived at bird paradise just recently and was after this photo was taken :)
 

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