White-bellied din bird
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White-bellied din in the Serengeti |
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| Corythaixoides leucogaster | ||||||||||||
| ( Ruppell , 1842) |
The white-bellied go-away-bird ( Corythaixoides leucogaster ) is a bird art from the family of turacos . He lives in East Africa, from the south of Sudan and central Ethiopia and Somalia , through Uganda and Kenya to the northern half of Tanzania . He is a resident of dry areas and lives mainly in acacia- lined tree savannas .
features
The birds, which are half a meter long, are gray on top, and their belly is white. They wear a feather hood on their head, which is put up in excitement. The wing tips are black, the tail gray and long.
White-bellied diners are sociable and feed primarily on berries and other fruits. When foraging for food, they skilfully slip through dense thorn bushes. The little shy animals are often seen in East African national parks near the lodges. The bird's warning call, a bleating "gaarr, warrr", gave it its common name, Go-away-bird.
literature
- JG Williams, N. Arlott: Birds of East Africa. Harper Collins Publishers, ISBN 0 00219179 2 .
- Frieder Sauer : Sauer's natural guide. African birds. Fauna-Verlag, Karlsfeld 1985, ISBN 3-923010-05-2 .
Web links
- Criniferoides leucogaster in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 2 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Corythaixoides leucogaster in the Internet Bird Collection