White-bellied Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird
White-bellied go-away bird
Male in Kenya
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Musophagidae
Genus: Corythaixoides
Species: C. leucogaster
Binomial name
Corythaixoides leucogaster
(Ruppell, 1842)

The White-bellied Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster, is a widespread bird of 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.

  • Female

  • Male

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Corythaixoides leucogaster. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  • Dale A. Zimmerman, Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Princeton University Press, 1999



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