White-bellied Go-Away-Bird |
Corythaixoides leucogaster |
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Lake Baringo, Kenya. Oct. 2016. |
These boisterous and audacious birds are fruit-eaters inhabiting semi-open savanna. The crest and tail are big. The call sounds as if they're saying "Go-Away-Bird" but could suggest the thoughts of farmers when a group of go-away-birds is cleaning out an fruit tree. Musophagidae -- Turaco FamilyBooks:
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