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 Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 4.8 -
A female drinking in a puddle, with other birds. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A female going to a puddle to drink, then being joined by a male. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 47 sec 4.6 -
A male drinking in a puddle. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A male drinking in a puddle, with other birds Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A female taking a bath in a puddle. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 33 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 1 year ago 4.2 -
An adult bird
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 October 1999 1 year ago 3.4 -
a female in flight
Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 11 September 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
adult in thorn bush
Locality Meru National Park, Kenya
chrisjohnson 1 June 1988 1 year ago 3 -
Bird in a tree
Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 November 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A female on the ground.
Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 1 year ago 3
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A bird calling. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 1 year ago 4 -
A bird giving calls Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 25 April 2001 2 years ago 4 -
Distant calls. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 30 weeks ago 2.5
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