White-bellied go-away-bird

White-bellied go-away-bird

In Tarangire National Park

In Tanzania
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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

Turacos (family: Musophagidae)

Genus	Species

Tauraco	Guinea turaco Zenker's Turaco Livingstone's turaco Schalow's turaco Knysna turaco Black-billed turaco White-crested turaco Fischer's turaco Yellow-billed turaco Bannerman's turaco Red-crested turaco Hartlaub's turaco White-cheeked turaco Ruspoli's turaco Purple-crested turaco

Ruwenzorornis	Ruwenzori turaco

Musophaga	Violet turaco Ross's turaco

Corythaixoides	Bare-faced go-away-bird Grey go-away-bird White-bellied go-away-bird

Crinifer	Western plantain-eater Eastern plantain-eater

Corythaeola	Great blue turaco

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