Turacos (Musophagidae)
Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor) - HBW 4, p. 505
French: Touraco concolore
German: Graulärmvogel
Spanish: Turaco Unicolor
Other common names: Grey Lourie
Taxonomy: Corythaix concolor A. Smith, 1833, inland of Durban.
Forms a superspecies with C. personatus. Races pallidiceps and bechuanae intergrade in W Botswana. Two additional forms (chobiensis and cuanhamae) are considered doubtfully separable from bechuanae. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- molybdophanes (Clancey, 1964) - NE Angola through S Zaire, Zambia and N Malawi to S Tanzania and adjacent areas of N Mozambique.
- pallidiceps (Neumann, 1899) - W Angola S to Namibia, extending seasonally to W Botswana.
- bechuanae (Roberts, 1932) - S & SE Angola and NE Namibia through Botswana and the Caprivi Strip to SW Zambia, the Zimbabwe Plateau, and N & W Transvaal.
- concolor (A. Smith, 1833) - S Malawi and N Mozambique S to E Transvaal, E Swaziland and E Zululand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair drinking from a puddle, one bird flying off Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp concolor)
Dave Jackson 31 December 2001 4 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of bird Locality Namibia (ssp bechuanae)
Max Roth 31 October 2000 6 years ago 14 sec 4.5 -
A bird eating leaves Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp bechuanae)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 3 years ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening in a tree Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 14 October 2009 9 weeks ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A pair in the upper branches of a dead tree Locality Zimbabwe (ssp bechuanae)
Greg Baker 7 September 1999 9 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 22 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp bechuanae)
Juan Sanabria 27 September 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 3.6
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An adult perched on an acacia tree.
Locality Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp concolor)
Carmelo López 11 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Full body performance.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 16 August 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Along the flooding river
Locality Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana
Marco Valentini 20 August 2010 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
Close-up view of the head.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 16 August 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird apparently moulting to adult plumage.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp concolor)
Fran Trabalon 30 October 2008 31 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on the ground foraging for food
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 25 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8
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Call. Locality Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp pallidiceps)
Charles Hesse 14 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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