Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor)

Other Names (World)
Grey Go-away-bird, Gray Go-away-bird, Grey Lourie, Gray Lourie

Family
Musophagidae (Turacos)

Size
50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1833)

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

molybdophanes Clancey, 1964 - North-eastern Angola through southern Zaire, Zambia and northern Malawi to southern Tanzania and adjacent areas of northern Mozambique.
pallidiceps Neumann, 1899 - Western Angola south to Namibia, extending seasonally to western Botswana.
bechuanae Roberts, 1932 - Southern and south-eastern Angola and north-eastern Namibia through Botswana and the Caprivi Strip to south-western Zambia, the Zimbabwe Plateau, and northern and western Transvaal.
concolor (Smith, 1833) - Southern Malawi and northern Mozambique south to eastern Transvaal, eastern Swaziland and eastern Zululand.

References
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Files:

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