Bare-faced go-away-bird
| Bare-faced go-away-bird | |
|---|---|
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| In Akagera National Park, Rwanda | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Musophagidae |
| Genus: | Corythaixoides |
| Species: | C. personatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Corythaixoides personatus (Rüppell, 1842) | |
The bare-faced go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. It is found in two areas of Africa: one in southern Ethiopia, and the other in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[2] It is named after its distinctive go-away call.
Zimmerman Turner & Pearson (1999) list the Kenyan and Tanzanian species of this bird asCorythaixoides personata leopoldi[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Corythaixoides personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ bare-faced go-away bird at kenyabirds
- ↑ Helm Field Guides - Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania - Dale A Zimmerman, Donald A Turner & David J Pearson [A & C Black, London] 1999. Page 118, Page 366
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