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New addition! 🌍 Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) #AfricanBirds | #HartlaubsTuraco #TauracoHartlaubi | #Turacos #GreenTuracos #TuracoFamily #BananaEaters 📷: Photo by dragh🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍 Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) The Hartlaub's Turaco is a striking, medium-sized bird endemic to the montane and sub-montane evergreen forests of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its appearance is characterized by bright green plumage, a glossy blue-black crest, a red orbital ring, and a prominent white "comma" patch in front of the eye, while a flash of crimson is visible in its flight feathers. They are arboreal and frugivorous, moving with great agility through the canopy, and are typically encountered as shy, but very vocal pairs or small family groups that defend a territory with loud, resonant croaking calls. No subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Turacos, including Hartlaub's, are the only birds in the world known to have true green and red pigments in their feathers. 📷: Photo by dragh via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-plumage-feathers-beak-8908422/ FCSF
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🌍 Grey Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) #AfricanBirds | #GreyGoAwayBird #GreyLoerie #CriniferConcolor | #GoAwayBirds #TuracoFamily #BananaEaters #Loeries 📷: Photo by josibo🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌍 Grey Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) The Grey Go-away-bird is a striking bird with a smoky-grey plumage, a long tail, and a wispy, back-swept crest. It has a distinctive black beak and a bright pink gape. Found across the southern Afrotropics, it inhabits open woodlands, savannas, and even suburban gardens. They are highly social, moving in groups to forage for fruit and insects. They are well-known for their loud, nasal "go-away" call, which often alerts other animals to danger. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Four subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by josibo via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-ornithology-species-fauna-6830561/ OZGN
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM