Brown-faced Go-away-bird vs Hartlaub's Turaco
Corythaixoides personatus compared with Tauraco hartlaubi
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Brown-faced Go-away-bird | Hartlaub's Turaco |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Corythaixoides personatus | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| Order | Musophagiformes | Musophagiformes |
| Family | Musophagidae | Musophagidae |
| Conservation Status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Length | — | — |
| Wingspan | 41.2 cm (16.2 in) | 33.9 cm (13.3 in) |
| Weight | 250.0 g (8.82 oz) | 234.16666666666666 g (8.26 oz) |
| Diet | Frugivore feeding on berries, figs, and pods in savanna trees. Supplements with flowers, buds, and … | Feeds on figs, berries, and drupes in East African highland forest. Occasionally takes flowers, buds, … |
| Clutch Size | 2-3 | 2 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Brown-faced Go-away-bird
Loud, cackling kow-kow-kow; harsh grating series of calls carrying well across dry open woodland habitat.
Hartlaub's Turaco
Deep, booming resonant call; powerful far-carrying sound with dramatic bass quality audible across open grassland.
Geographic Range & Migration
Brown-faced Go-away-bird
Found in East African woodland and savanna from Tanzania to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Resident.
Hartlaub's Turaco
Found in montane forests of East Africa in Kenya and Tanzania at 1,200-3,500 m. Resident in highland forest.
Conservation Status
Brown-faced Go-away-bird
Hartlaub's Turaco
How to Tell Them Apart
Brown-faced Go-away-bird
Olive-capped Coua: olive-green crown; gray body; white below; bare blue facial skin; long graduated tail; Madagascar endemic
Hartlaub's Turaco
Dwarf Cuckoo: small; pale rufous-brown above; pale buff below; rufous tail; yellow bill; small size; neotropical cuckoo species
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.
Hartlaub's Turaco
A small turaco (38-41 cm) found in montane forests of East Africa from Kenya to Tanzania at 1,200-3,500 m. Deep violet-blue plumage with green body, white face patch, and crimson wing patches. Frugivore of montane forest. Named after the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.