Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)
About the Bare-faced Go-away-bird
The bare-faced go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae which is native to the eastern Afrotropics. It is named for its distinctive and uniquely bare, black face. The bare-faced go-away-bird was described in 1842 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell based on a specimen collected in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). He coined the binomial name Chizærhis personata. The specific epithet is from Latin personatus meaning "masked" (from persona meaning "mask"). The bare-faced go-away-bird was formerly placed in the genus Corythaixoides but based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020, it was moved to the genus Crinifer. Two geographically isolated races are recognised: C. p. personatus (Rüppell, 1842) – Ethiopian Rift Valley
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicusrecording
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- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimprecording
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordiirecording
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafechtrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.