Grey Go-away-bird

• comunicaciónIts alarm call sounds like go away, which is where its English name comes from, and it warns the rest of the savannah that a predator is about.
• Its call, a descending nasal mew, is written in English as go away, and hunters detest it because it alerts antelopes and other animals to the presence of an intruder.
• It belongs to the only group of turacos that has left the forest for the open savannah, and as a result has lost the green and red pigments of its family: it is entirely grey.
• It feeds on leaves, flowers and fruit and will gather dozens of individuals in a fruiting tree, with considerable racket.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat & environment

Wooded savannah, acacia and mopane woodland of southern Africa

Birth weight

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Size at birth

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Sexual maturity

2 years

Gestation / incubation

27 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

Best time: All year round in the savannahs of southern Africa, by day; its nasal call, which sounds like 'go away', gives it away from a long way off.