Grey Lourie - Blending In

The grey go-away-bird , also known as grey lourie, grey loerie, or kwêvoël, is a southern African bird of uniform grey with black beak and strikingly pink gape. It is widespread in savanna woodland, a clumsy flier though extremely agile in clambering through tree crowns. It has a distinctive loud alarm call "quare", fancifully sounding like "go away". The crest is raised when excited.

Its diet is mainly fruit , flowers, buds, leaves, termites, and snails. The habitat it occupies is.. more