The Go-Away Bird

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Rüppell, Eduard (1842). "Memoir on the family Touracoos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (108): 8–9. The bare-faced go-away-bird is a noisy and restless species, that moves about singly or in groups. [7] Food and feeding [ edit ]

southern Angola, southern DRC, Zambia, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland a b c d e Ginn, Peter (1981). Birds of the highveld (3rd impr.ed.). Salisbury: Longman. p. 81. ISBN 0582608902.Fruit are obtained from plants in the genera Ficus, Viscum, Loranthus, Diospyros, Lannea, Ziziphus, Salvadora [11] and Flueggea, among others. They also feed on fruit of exotic invasives like seringa, and disperse their seeds. [2] Breeding [ edit ]

Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.299. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Perktaş, U.; Groth, J.G.; Barrowclough, G.F. (2020). "Phylogeography, species limits, phylogeny, and classification of the turacos (Aves: Musophagidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". American Museum Novitates. 2020 (3949): 1–61. doi: 10.1206/3949.1. Though their flight is rather slow and laboured, [4] they can cover long distances. [10] Once in the open tree tops however, they can display the agility which is associated with the Musophagidae, as they run along tree limbs and jump from branch to branch. [4] They can form groups and parties numbering even 20 to 30 that move about in search of fruit and insects near the tree tops. a b c d Irwin, M. P. S. (1981). The Birds of Zimbabwe. Salisbury: Quest Publishing. p.157. ISBN 086-9251-554. The sexes are similar, other than the female's green beak. [8] It is 48cm (19in) long beak to tail, and weighs approximately 210 to 300 grams. [9] Its call is a double or repetitive kow-kow. [7] Distribution and habitat [ edit ]Crinifer is a genus of birds in the turaco family. They are restricted to Africa. Formerly, the genus only contained the plantain-eaters, but in 2021, go-away-birds were merged into the genus. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.116. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. C. c. molybdophanes ( Clancey, 1964) – northeast Angola to south Tanzania, north Malawi and north Mozambique. Greyer chest plumage than bechuanae. [9]