Brown-faced Go-away-bird vs Hartlaub's Turaco

Corythaixoides personatus verglichen mit Tauraco hartlaubi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Brown-faced Go-away-bird Hartlaub's Turaco
Wissenschaftlicher Name Corythaixoides personatus Tauraco hartlaubi
Ordnung Musophagiformes Musophagiformes
Familie Musophagidae Musophagidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 41,2 cm (16.2 in) 33,9 cm (13.3 in)
Gewicht 250,0 g (8.82 oz) 234,16666666666666 g (8.26 oz)
Ernährung 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, …
Gelegegröße 2-3 2
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Brown-faced Go-away-bird only

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Hartlaub's Turaco only

Song & Call Comparison

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

Gesang

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

Hartlaub's Turaco

Gesang

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.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Brown-faced Go-away-bird

Least Concern

Hartlaub's Turaco

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.

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