Musophagiformes / Musophagidae / Crinifer

Grey Go-away-bird

Crinifer concolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Corythaixoides concolor → Crinifer concolor

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0

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Damien Wallace · CC_BY_4_0

Crinifer concolor bechuanae

southern and southeastern Angola to northeastern Namibia, Botswana, southwestern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa
Crinifer concolor concolor

southern Malawi and northern Mozambique to Eswatini and eastern South Africa (southward to KwaZulu-Natal)
Crinifer concolor molybdophanes

northeastern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, southern Tanzania, and northern Mozambique
Crinifer concolor pallidiceps

western Angola to southern Namibia and western Botswana

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.