Home Natural World A White Cheeked Turaco displaying its pigmented flight feathers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. The red, copper based pigment, turacin, is found nowhere else in the animal kingdom.
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A White Cheeked Turaco displaying its pigmented flight feathers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. The red, copper based pigment, turacin, is found nowhere else in the animal kingdom.

A White Cheeked Turaco displaying its pigmented flight feathers at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. The red, copper based pigment, turacin, is found nowhere else in the animal kingdom.

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Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2013
Date Uploaded: 02.2013
Photo Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D600
Copyright: © Michael Faix
Awards
Photo of the Day: 09.19.13
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