Bare-faced go-away bird

I just love the name of this bird. They are one of the 23 species of Turaco found only in Africa

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Never seen before, and thats what I love most. Promoted! Posted 12 years ago

Graeme Ruck

Lion

what an amazing bird Posted 12 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Gorgeous isn't it. Another one that has eluded me...for over two years! They are generally quite shy so I was very excited to get this close to one. Posted 12 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Such a crazy name, it had to be added to the 'oddities list'! Posted 11 years ago

The Bare-faced Go-away bird

The Bare-faced Go-away bird 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. It is named after its distinctive "go-away" call.

Zimmerman Turner & Pearson list the Kenyan and Tanzanian species of this bird as "Corythaixoides personata leopoldi"**

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Similar species: Turacos

Species identified by Claire Hamilton