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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialOct 4, 2024 8:15pm

🌍 White-cheeked turaco (Menelikornis leucotis) #Africanbirds #WhiteCheekedTuraco #Turacos #Loeries #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by Marjonhorn

🌍 White-cheeked turaco (Menelikornis leucotis)

The White-cheeked turaco is a mid-sized bird known for its distinctive appearance, with vibrant green plumage, white face and throat patches, and bright red primary wing feathers. It has a long tail and a crest of dark feathers on its head. It feeds primarily on fruit and leaves, and its call is a loud, repetitive "kok-kok-kok." They are often observed in small family groups or pairs. Two subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Native to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Musophagiformes
Family: Musophagidae (Turacos or Lorries)
Genus: Menelikornis
Species: M. leucotis

CC: VDPR

📷: Photo by Marjonhorn via Pixabay

Cstardazer.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 10:33am

Hello world! Mondays are for the birds! Bring on Tuesday! Painting by @adrienneyo.bsky.social of Knysna Loeries and Strelitzias

BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialJul 9, 2024 1:49pm

🌍 Grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) #Africanbirds #GreyGoAwayBird #GreyLourie #GreyLoerie #GoAwayBirds #Louries #Loeries #Turacos #GenusCrinifer #FamilyMusophagidae #birdsoftheworld#birds🦜

Grey go-away-bird or Grey lourie/loerie (Crinifer concolor). Adult. Distribution: The southern Afrotropics. Conservation status: Least Concern. CC: UZRG 📷: Photo by KiekieKie via Pixabay 2021

The photo shows a smoky-gray bird with a long tail and a wispy crest that can be raised. It has a strong, decurved black beak and a surprising pink gape and tongue (not pictured.) Their plumage is darkest gray on the chin and throat, and lightest around the eyes and belly.

Coutonthemoors.bsky.socialSep 25, 2023 8:26am

This is a common garden visitor in South Africa, the grey loerie. It has a harsh and distinctive two-syllable cry that sounds like "Go Away". The loerie is known as the Go-Away Bird. The country's top advertising competition is called the Loeries, if you ever wanted to discuss ad fails.

A grey loerie perched on a wooden fence. It is about half a metre in length - tuft to tail - and has a pronounced feathered crest.