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White-bellied Go-away-bird

I saw about 50 White-bellied Go-away-birds at our camp at Naitola. They are mostly gray with a white belly. They have a tall crest that sometimes is erect. They tend to move around a lot and not stay in the same spot for long. One of their common vocalizations is a single note that sounds like a combination of a bleat and a quack. I heard it frequently at Naitola, and it was one of my favorite sounds on the trip. Another vocalization sounds as if the bird is saying, “Go Away.”

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Uploaded on December 31, 2018
Taken on March 8, 2015