White-bellied Go-away-bird

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iWhite-Bellied Go-Away Bird
male
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 20".

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[edit] Physical Charactistics

Pointed gray and long black tail with white median band, distinctive; white wing patch conspicuous in flight. Bill black in male, pea-green in female.

[edit] Call

Typical calls are a nasal haa-haa-haa, like bleating of a sheep, and a single or repeated gwa (or g'away) Flies from tree to tree in loose straggling groups, calling loudly.

[edit] Resources

  • Dale A. Zimmerman, Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Princeton University Press, 1999

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Corythaixoides leucogaster. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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