A crested long-tailed African bird of the turaco family, with mainly grey plumage and a call that resembles the words ‘go away’.
Family Musophagidae: two genera and three species
Also called lourie in South Africa
Example sentencesExamples
- These noisy birds are also sometimes referred to us go-away birds and they act as the eyes of the herds.
- I would tell them all about butcher birds, go-away birds and, of course, all the fabulous birds of prey.
- The gray go-away bird is 18 to 20 inches in length and weighs from 7.1 to 12 ounces.
- The white-bellied go-away bird is a familiar and very conspicuous sight in some parts of East Africa.
- Certain of the grayish species are called go-away birds, in imitation of their calls.