Grey Go-away-bird
Corythaixoides concolor
Woodland. All grey with crested head; soft parts black.
Allies, Turacos
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. All-grey with pronounced head-crest; sexes are alike. The well-known call is ‘kweh-h-h’ or ‘go-way-y-y’, the latter giving rise to its common name. immature calls ‘how, how…’. Pairs and small parties occur in mixed bushveld, woodland and well-wooded suburbia, usually in the upper stratum and invariably noisy. Flies with rather heavy wing movements, mostly below the tree tops.
Quick Facts
Size
47-50 cm - L
Names
A: Kwêvoël
Z: umKlewu
Ss: Mokowe
G: Graulärmvogel
Bird Family
Fruit-eating Afrotropical forest or bushveld birds with crested heads, fairly long tails and an agile springing action when jumping along branches. Turacos have crimson primary feathers that are strikingly revealed in flight. The grey species, which lack red wing feathers, are now known as ‘Go-away-birds'.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Pairs and small parties occur in mixed bushveld, woodland and well-wooded suburbia, usually in the upper stratum and invariably noisy.
