Bare-faced go-away-bird

Bare-faced go-away-bird
C. p. leopoldi at Keekorok Lodge, Kenya
C. p. leopoldi in Akagera N. P., Rwanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Musophagiformes
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 which is native to the eastern Afrotropics. It is named for its distinctive and uniquely bare, black face. The genus is named for the g'way call of its near relation, the grey go-away-bird.

Habits

C. p. leopoldi

It is a noisy and restless species, that moves about singly or in groups.[2] Its call is a double or repetitive kow-kow ...[2]

Range and habitat

It is found in two disjunct areas in Africa: one in Ethiopia, and the other in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[3] It occurs in open woodland, thickets and in cultivation with scattered trees. It may be found up to 1,400 m, but at Loita up to 2,200 m in scattered cedar, acacia and evergreen scrub.[4]

Races

Two geographically isolated races are accepted:[5]

Description: More extensive green breast plumage, underside of wings and tail greenish, face with minute brown plumes[2]
Description: Face bare and black, less extensive green breast plumage[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Corythaixoides personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Zimmerman, Dale A.; et al. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0691010226.
  3. bare-faced go-away bird at kenyabirds
  4. Britton, P.L. (ed.) (1980). Birds of East Africa: 375. Corythaixoides personata (Rüppell) Bare-faced Go-away Bird KTU 441. Nairobi: EANHS. p. 74.
  5. "Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus) - HBW 4, p. 505". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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