Grey Go-away-bird

Crinifer concolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Musophagiformes
Family
Musophagidae
Genus
Crinifer
eBird Code
grygab1

Taxonomy Changes

Corythaixoides concolor Crinifer concolor

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

Vocalizations

Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0
Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0
mr_t_explorer · CC0_1_0
i_c_riddell · CC_BY_4_0
Damien Wallace · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.