The birds
they sing...

Large and small...

In the trees
they gather all...

Whispering

Clamoring

Longing

The Language
of Love

A pleasure

A treasure

A gift
without measure...

The beauty
of Love

Mystical

Lyrical

Always a Miracle...

The Wonder
of Natures' Love...

Their well-known call is 'kweh-h-h-h' or'go-way-y-y', the latter giving rise to its alternative name. Grey Louries fly with heavy wing movements, mostly below tree-top height. The bird are highly vocal especially when disturbed.

It is a large solid grey bird that weight 270 grams with 50 centimeters width and long tail with mohawk type crest that raises and lowers when alarmed or alert and very vocal, especially when disturbed.

Living in trees, in pairs or small groups. They usually mingle in groups of 3-20, occasionally up to 60 beside water hole--jumping, climbing agilely about in trees while raising and lowering crest.

They live in bushveld, savanna, riverine woodland and in arid country with Acacia and broad-leaved forests. Often perches on topmost branch of tree, calling while jerking their tail.

<<African Grey Lourie go-away bird Corythaixoides concolor gather in large groups to mobs birds of prey, particularly owls, as well as large carnivorous mammals. They are usually solitary nester and territorial, and produce a clutch of 1-2 eggs with 25 days incubation and nesting in a platform of sticks and twigs between the fork crown of a thorny tree of the acacia species breeds all year round.