International Turaco Society

 

 

Welcome to our Website

A Turaco is an exotic African softbill.

The attractive pair canoodling here are White-cheeked Turacos. Later we will introduce you to many more species as you continue to tour the site. Please select your destination using the navigation buttons on the left.

Pair of White-cheeked Turacos

The International Turaco Society aims to research and promote good husbandry practices; support conservation projects that have an impact on wild populations and unite turaco enthusiasts around the world.

The International Turaco Society was set up in 1993 by a group of turaco enthusiasts who met at the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford (Oxfordshire in England). Anyone interested in any aspect of keeping or breeding turacos is welcome to join.

My thanks to the members who have paid their subscription for 2013. If you have not paid yet, but wish to continue to be a member, then please renew your subscription now. Thank you.

Please support the I.T.S. You can apply or renew on line (£12 U.K. and £13 overseas).

The I.T.S. needs every turaco enthusiast's support.

Issue 38 of our magazine was posted out to all 2012 and 2013 members (30/03/13).

If you have a news item or an article with photographs for Issue 39, then please e-mail them to our new editor: Georgie Jefferies: georgiejefferies@hotmail.com. Thank you.

david@turacos.org

What's new on the site? (newest first)
  • Minutes of 2013 Committee Meeting and A.G.M. including Chairman's Report and Profit and Loss Account sheet (members only, link 'Meetings') - added 17th May
  • Members advertisements - updated 10th May
  • Magazine contents full list - updated 5th May
  • Magazine extract for Issue 38 (members only, link 'Resources') - added 5th May
  • Bibliography of articles from ITS Magazines on Turaco Management and Wild Observations (members only, link 'Resources') - updated 5th May
  • Contents list for ITS Magazine Issue 38 (available for purchase)
  • Numbers of members and which countries they come from (members only, link 'Information') - updated 1st May
  • Book for sale - Mousebirds In Aviculture by Kateri J. Davis (signed by the author) - special offer for ITS Members - added 27th April 2013
  • 2014 AGM date is Sunday 13th April 2014 (see details) - added 14th April 2013
  • Message from Georgie Jefferies our new editor - sent 11th April
  • Addition of many of the names of turacos in Polish, thanks to Andzelika Nowak and his father - added 10th March
  • Message from Buks Grobbelaar in South Africa - added 10th March
  • Members personal details, by request only (members only, link 'Information') - updated 13th January
  • Breeding Register form for turacos bred in 2011 to be sent to the Foreign Bird Federation (see FBF Breeding Register page) - edited 3rd January
  • Update of Members password for 2013 (members only) - 3rd January
  • Book for sale - Turacos In Aviculture by Kateri J. Davis (signed by the author) - special offer for ITS Members
  • Photo of a Schalow's Turaco in Kangandala National Park, Angola taken by Michael Mills - added 21st June
  • Book for sale - Turacos: a Natural history of the Musophagidae by Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper - ITS Members £58 inc. p&p, non-members £63 inc. p&p (UK only) - 2 left (26/04/13)

Contact ITS Secretary
E-mail: Nigel Hewston

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