Go-away-bird (subfamily)

Go-away-birds and plantain-eaters
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	White-bellied Go-away-bird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Otidimorphae
Family:	Musophagidae;
Subfamily:	Criniferinae; Verheyen, 1956
Genera
	Corythaixoides ; Crinifer ; Criniferoides ;

Go-away-birds and plantain-eaters, Criniferinae are a subfamily of turacos.

Description[]

Unlike Musophaginae, Criniferinae tend to be grey and white in plumage.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

Bare-faced Go-away-bird forms a superspecies with Grey Go-away-bird.^[1] Within Criniferinae, Veron and Winney (2000)^[2] and Njabo and Sorenson (2009)^[3] found that the White-bellied Go-away-bird is sister to the rest, and placed in the genus Criniferoides (Roberts, 1926).^[4]

Species[]

White-bellied Go-away-bird, Criniferoides leucogaster
Grey Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides concolor
Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides personatus
Western Plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator
Eastern Plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 670–671. ISBN 9781770076235.
^ Veron, G., and B.J. Winney (2000), Phylogenetic relationships within the turacos (Musophagidae), Ibis 142, 446-456.
^ Njabo, K.Y., and M.D. Sorenson (2009), Origin of Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani in relation to historical climate change and the distribution of West African montane forests, Ostrich 80, 1-8.
^ Some changes in nomenclature, new records of migrants and new forms of S. African birds Roberts, Austin,, 11, 217-225 (1926), publicationName = "Northern Flagship Institute", issn = "0041-1752", abstract= "A list of necessary changes in nomenclature and additions to the list of South African birds. New records of migrant birds and new forms of South African birds are included."

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[AfricaBirds-1] Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 670–671. ISBN 9781770076235.

[VeronWinney-2] Veron, G., and B.J. Winney (2000), Phylogenetic relationships within the turacos (Musophagidae), Ibis 142, 446-456.

[NjaboSorenson-3] Njabo, K.Y., and M.D. Sorenson (2009), Origin of Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani in relation to historical climate change and the distribution of West African montane forests, Ostrich 80, 1-8.

[Roberts-4] Some changes in nomenclature, new records of migrants and new forms of S. African birds Roberts, Austin,, 11, 217-225 (1926), publicationName = "Northern Flagship Institute", issn = "0041-1752", abstract= "A list of necessary changes in nomenclature and additions to the list of South African birds. New records of migrant birds and new forms of South African birds are included."

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