Bird Guide

Bare-faced Go-away-bird vs Great Blue Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Crinifer personatus

Medium255 g

The sexes are similar, other than the female's green beak. It is 48 cm (19 in) long beak to tail, and weighs approximately 210 to 300 grams. Its call is a double or repetitive kow-kow.

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Photo: dutchman_svh · CC BY 2.0
Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

Large965 gForest

Generally, the great blue turaco is 70–76 cm (28–30 in) in length with a mass of 800–1,231 g (1.764–2.714 lb). The adult great blue turaco has predominantly grey-blue upperparts with an upright blue-black crest, white chin, yellow-green lower breast and yellow belly darkening to chestnut brown posteriorly. The undertail coverts are chestnut, and the undertail is black and yellowish. The yellow bill has an orange-red tip, the eyes are brown, and surrounded by a ring of black bare skin. The legs and feet are black with yellow soles. The sexes have similar plumage.

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Sonogram of the Great Blue Turaco
Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Duet · Minziro, Bukoba Rural, Kagera Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Sandra Keller · CC BY 4.0

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