Brown-faced Go-away-bird vs Black-billed Turaco

Corythaixoides personatus مقارنةً بـ Tauraco schuettii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Brown-faced Go-away-bird Black-billed Turaco
الاسم العلمي Corythaixoides personatus Tauraco schuettii
الرتبة Musophagiformes Musophagiformes
الفصيلة Musophagidae Musophagidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 41,2 cm (16.2 in) 33,3 cm (13.1 in)
الوزن 250,0 g (8.82 oz) 238,25 g (8.40 oz)
النظام الغذائي Frugivore feeding on berries, figs, and pods in savanna trees. Supplements with flowers, buds, and … Frugivore feeding on figs, berries, and drupes in forest canopy. Occasionally takes flowers, leaves, and …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Brown-faced Go-away-bird only

بلا

Black-billed Turaco only

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Song & Call Comparison

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

الغناء

Loud, cackling kow-kow-kow; harsh grating series of calls carrying well across dry open woodland habitat.

Black-billed Turaco

الغناء

Loud, far-carrying musical call; rich resonant notes with clear quality echoing through highland East African forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

Found in East African woodland and savanna from Tanzania to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Resident.

Black-billed Turaco

Found in lowland forests of Central Africa from Cameroon to Uganda and DRC. Resident in primary forest.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

Least Concern

Black-billed Turaco

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How to Tell Them Apart

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

الريش

Olive-capped Coua: olive-green crown; gray body; white below; bare blue facial skin; long graduated tail; Madagascar endemic

Black-billed Turaco

الريش

Squirrel Cuckoo: rich rufous-brown above; pale buff below; long graduated rufous tail; yellow orbital ring; neotropical species

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About These Birds

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

A medium-sized go-away-bird (48-51 cm) found in East African woodland and savanna from Tanzania to Mozambique. Grey-brown plumage with a distinctive dark face patch. Named for its loud, nasal go-away call warning other animals of predators. Frugivore of savanna trees.

Black-billed Turaco

A medium-sized turaco (40-42 cm) found in lowland forests of Central Africa from Cameroon to Uganda. Glossy blue-black plumage with green body, white face markings, and crimson wing patches. Frugivore of primary forest canopy. Named after the German ornithologist Moritz Schütt.

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