White-bellied go-away-bird
White-bellied go-away-bird | |
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In Tarangire National Park | |
In Tanzania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Musophagiformes |
Family: | Musophagidae |
Genus: | Corythaixoides |
Species: | C. leucogaster |
Binomial name | |
Corythaixoides leucogaster (Rüppell, 1842) | |
The white-bellied go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster) is a bird of eastern Africa in the turaco family.
Description
This species averages 51 cm (20 inches) in length. Its long, pointed grey and black tail with a white median band is distinctive. A white wing patch is conspicuous in flight. The bill is black in male, pea-green in the female.
Call
Typical calls are a nasal haa-haa-haa, like bleating of a sheep, and a single or repeated gwa (or g'away) It flies from tree to tree in loose straggling groups, calling loudly.
Gallery
- Male in Kenya
- Female
- Male
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Corythaixoides leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Dale A. Zimmerman, Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Princeton University Press, 1999
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