Biology:Go-away-bird

Short description: Genus of birds

Go-away-birds
White-bellied go-away-bird
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Musophagiformes
Family:	Musophagidae
Genus:	Corythaixoides A. Smith, 1833

The go-away-birds, Corythaixoides, are a genus of bird in the turaco family (Musophagidae). Unlike many of the brighter forest dwelling turacos these are birds of African open country and have drab grey and white plumage. In Southern Africa these birds are known as kwêvoëls, though they are also called loeries along with the other turacos.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Corythaixoides personatus	Bare-faced go-away-bird	Ethiopia, and Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
	Corythaixoides concolor	Grey go-away-bird	southern Angola, southern DRC, Zambia, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland
	Corythaixoides leucogaster	White-bellied go-away-bird	eastern Africa
	Corythaixoides leopoldi	Black-faced go-away-bird	eastern Africa

Wikidata ☰ Q657850 entry