The grey go-away-bird, also known as grey lourie, grey loerie, or kwêvoël. #BirdingSunday

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It is found in Southern Africa and is one of the least colorful turaco's, many of which are as colorful as parrots. The Grey Go-Away is named for its call and it is a very social bird, often living in groups of up to 30 birds. It has a preference for open thornbush country, often near water.

The grey go-away bird subsists on leaves, fruit, flowers, buds and the occasional small invertebrates. It feeds on a wide variety of trees, but is particularly fond of acacia trees, Mopane trees, Jackalberry trees and cultivated fruit such as guavas.

Grey Go-away-bird is gregarious and moves in groups of up to 20 birds very busy and hopping into trees.Nest is a loose platform made with sticks and twigs of about 20 to 24 cm in diameter, situated at 3 to 20 metres above the ground. Both sexes build the nest, often hidden among dense foliage but not necessarily.

Female lays 1 to 4 eggs, usually 3, white or pale blue, and slightly glossy. Incubation lasts about 26 to 28 days, shared by both adults. Female broods at night.

Chicks are covered in dense brownish down. Both parents feed them by regurgitation.

When young are 2 to 3 weeks old, they are able to clamber around the nest into branches. They leave the nest 23 days after hatching, and they can fly at one month. Parents still feed them for 40 to 45 days, and young become independent at 7 weeks of age.

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