Bare-faced Go-away-bird
A species of Go-away bird Scientific name : Crinifer personatus Genus : Go-away bird
Bare-faced Go-away-bird, A species of Go-away bird
Botanical name: Crinifer personatus
Genus: Go-away bird
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Description General Info
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Description
The sexes are similar, other than the female's green beak. It is 48 cm long beak to tail, and weighs approximately 210 to 300 grams.
Size
48 cm
Feeding Habits
These birds primarily eat fruits, leaf buds, and seeds.
Habitat
It is found in two disjunct areas in Africa: one in Ethiopia, and the other in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It occurs in open woodland, thickets and in cultivation with scattered trees. It may be found up to 1,400 m, but at Loita up to 2,200 m in scattered cedar, acacia and evergreen scrub.
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Photo By Lip Kee Yap , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Turacos Family
Turacos Genus
Go-away bird Species
Bare-faced Go-away-bird