Bare-faced Go-away bird Portrait from Kenya

Bird with spikes,i guess this bird is the inspiration of hair gel.On our Safari it came close to us near the bush.Was happy to take few sharp shots of this bird.It didnt make that noise by which it got its name.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion
Fantastic! In my opinion one of the best bird photos, welcome to the hall of fame:
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Posted 9 years ago

vasantko

Bull Frog

Thank you very much.Feeling very happy. Posted 9 years ago
1. Doris Charles
  
  Bullet Ant
  
  Great film shot brilliant closeup Vasantko Posted 9 years ago

Mark Ridgway

Lion

Wonderful portrait shot and a very entertaining species.
It's a pity we can't have the call as well. Posted 9 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

Pristine! Cheers* Posted 9 years ago

vasantko

Bull Frog

Thanks Felix Posted 9 years ago

Mahan

Green Fly

I would like to buy some animal passports and have them shipped to me in the State of Qatar. Posted 2 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 vasantko