Turacos (Musophagidae)
White-bellied Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster) - HBW 4, p. 505
French: Touraco à ventre blanc
German: Weißbauch-Lärmvogel
Spanish: Turaco Ventriblanco
Taxonomy: Chizærhis leucogaster Rüppell, 1842, southern Ethiopia.
Sometimes placed in a monospecific genus Criniferoides. Monotypic.
Distribution: Restricted to acacia savannas in E & NE Africa: NW, C & S Somalia, Ethiopia (W to the Rift Valley), S Sudan, NE Uganda (Karamoja and Teso), N & E Kenya and S through the eastern plateau of Tanzania (W to Tabora, S to Ruaha National Park).
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A male drinking in a puddle, with Superb Starlings. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 4.9 -
A female drinking in a puddle, with other birds. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A female going to a puddle to drink, then being joined by a male. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 47 sec 4.8 -
A male drinking in a puddle. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
Two males in a tree, preening. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A male drinking in a puddle, with other birds Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 4.3
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A calling adult bird.
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 9 July 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
An adult on top of acacia
Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Marco Valentini 4 February 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
Part of a noisy pair
Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 3 February 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
male bird taking a bath at Lake Baringo Club
Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya
Axel Gollnisch 22 September 2011 25 weeks ago 4.1 -
A close-up of a female (pea-green bill) in a tree.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult bird
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 October 1999 2 years ago 3.4
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Calls by one bird. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 35 weeks ago 4 -
A bird calling. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 3 years ago 4 -
A bird giving calls Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 25 April 2001 3 years ago 4 -
Distant calls. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 1 year ago 2.5
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