Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)
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Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Crinifer personatus (Rüppell, 1842)

Busiest months: July · Most records: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya

Where and when it's recorded

Bare-faced Go-away-bird has been recorded at 97 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Lake Mburo NPUganda914 records
  2. Tarangire NPTanzania802 records
  3. Serengeti NPTanzania443 records
More places
  1. Maasai Mara NRKenya355 records
  2. Lake Mburo NP – Entrance RoadUganda203 records
  3. Serengeti NP – SeroneraTanzania188 records
  4. Hara Langano LodgeEthiopia177 records
  5. Serengeti NP – Serengeti Serena Safari LodgeTanzania177 records
  6. Maasai Mara NR – Mara TriangleKenya170 records
  7. Serengeti NPTanzania149 records

Countries and regions with the most records

TanzaniaUgandaKenyaRwandaEthiopiaMalawi

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

Where does the Bare-faced Go-away-bird live?

Its breeding range: Africa: eastern. It is most often recorded in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

When is the best time to see the Bare-faced Go-away-bird?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in July (Southern Hemisphere).

What family is the Bare-faced Go-away-bird in?

It belongs to the family Turacos (Musophagidae), order Musophagiformes.

Range

Africa: eastern

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Turacos Musophagidae
Genus
Crinifer

Other birds in the genus Crinifer

Grey Go-away-birdGrey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolorWhite-bellied Go-away-birdWhite-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogasterWestern Plantain-eaterWestern Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscatorEastern Plantain-eaterEastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurusGreat Blue TuracoGreat Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristataPurple-crested TuracoPurple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophusRwenzori TuracoRwenzori TuracoGallirex johnstoniWhite-cheeked TuracoWhite-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotisRuspoli's TuracoRuspoli's TuracoMenelikornis ruspoliiViolet TuracoViolet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Bare-faced Go-away-bird

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