Apr 23
White-bellied Go-Away-Bird (Crinifer leucogaster), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Kenya
The name refers to the call of the birds, which sounds as if they are saying “GO AWAY!”
photograph by Heldronmark Kipkoech Mutai
seen from Italy
seen from Malaysia
seen from Brazil
seen from Maldives
seen from South Africa
seen from Germany
seen from Poland
seen from Iraq
seen from Germany
seen from Italy
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Italy
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Malaysia
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Algeria
seen from Maldives
seen from Canada
White-bellied Go-Away-Bird (Crinifer leucogaster), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Kenya
The name refers to the call of the birds, which sounds as if they are saying “GO AWAY!”
photograph by Heldronmark Kipkoech Mutai
Western plantain-eaters (Crinifer piscator) in Bandafassi, Senegal
by Paul Ellis
Plaintain-eater/Go-away-bird (Crinifer)
Which is the best bird?
Eastern plantain-eater
Western plantain-eater
Bare-faced go-away-bird
Grey go-away-bird
White-bellied go-away-bird
Crinifer piscator by Dave Williams
White-bellied Go-Away-Bird (Crinifer leucogaster), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Kenya
The name refers to the call of the birds, which sounds as if they are saying “GO AWAY!”
photograph by Shrirang Mukta Kulkarni
Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Senegal
photograph by Abdoulie Ndure
Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Gambia
photograph by Cristophe Moning
Grey Go-Away Bird or Grey Lourie (Crinifer concolor), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, Kruger National Park, South Africa
The common name comes from a call that the bird makes that sounds a bit like "go away".
photograph by Peter Chadwick