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[[Image:Bare-faced Go-away-bird2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Westmidstraveller |Westmidstraveller}}<br />[[Masai Mara]], Kenya, [[Africa]], October,  2009]]
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''Corythaixoides personata''
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Length 48-50 cm. Grey body, white neck, bare black face, grey crest and tail, black legs and feet. Male has black bill, female has green.
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Length 48-50 cm<br />
 
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Grey body, white neck, bare black face, grey crest and tail, black legs and feet.<br />
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'''Male''' has black bill; '''female''' has green.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
One population in [[Ethiopia]]; second in [[Malawi]], N [[Zambia]], [[Zaire]], western and central [[Tanzania]], SW [[Uganda]] and W [[Kenya]].
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[[Africa]]<br />
 
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'''Western Africa''': [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 2 subspecies
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There are two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
* ''C. p. personatus''
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* ''C. p. personatus'' - [[Ethiopia]]
* ''C. p. leopoldi''
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* ''C. p. leopoldi'' - Southern population; southern [[Uganda]] to northern [[Zambia]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Open country, frequenting trees along river courses; also cultivted areas with trees.
 
Open country, frequenting trees along river courses; also cultivted areas with trees.
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Often seen in small groups. The diet includes berries.
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Often seen in small groups.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes berries.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
 
A deep ''kow kow''.
 
A deep ''kow kow''.
 
====Breeding====
 
====Breeding====
 
Nests are built mostly in tall acacia trees; 2-3 greenish-white oval eggs are laid.
 
Nests are built mostly in tall acacia trees; 2-3 greenish-white oval eggs are laid.
 
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Corythaixoides+personatus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Corythaixoides+personatus}}  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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{{GS-checked}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Crinifer]]

Latest revision as of 08:28, 18 December 2023

Photo by Westmidstraveller
Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa, October, 2009
Crinifer personatus

Corythaixoides personata

Identification

Length 48-50 cm
Grey body, white neck, bare black face, grey crest and tail, black legs and feet.
Male has black bill; female has green.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi

Taxonomy

There are two subspecies:[1]

  • C. p. personatus - Ethiopia
  • C. p. leopoldi - Southern population; southern Uganda to northern Zambia

Habitat

Open country, frequenting trees along river courses; also cultivted areas with trees.

Behaviour

Often seen in small groups.

Diet

The diet includes berries.

Vocalisation

A deep kow kow.

Breeding

Nests are built mostly in tall acacia trees; 2-3 greenish-white oval eggs are laid.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
  3. Avibase
  4. Wikipedia

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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