Turacos (Musophagidae)
Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides personatus) - HBW 4, p. 505
French: Touraco masqué
German: Nacktkehl-Lärmvogel
Spanish: Turaco Enmascarado
Other common names: Black-faced Lourie
Taxonomy: Chizærhis personata Rüppell, 1842, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with C. concolor. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- personatus (Rüppell, 1842) - Ethiopian Rift Valley from Dire Dawa and Ankober S to L Abaya and Yavello.
- leopoldi (Shelley, 1881) - S Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, SW Kenya and Tanzania S to N Malawi, NE Zambia and SE Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a euphorbia tree, preening and resting Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp leopoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A dorsal view of a bird preening Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp leopoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A bird eating fruits on the ground Locality Keekorok Lodge, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp leopoldi)
Peter van Dam 29 August 2006 5 years ago 47 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, preening. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp personatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 44 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 3 March 2013 7 weeks ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A bird on top of a tree. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp personatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 54 sec 3.4
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a bird perched on a tree
Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp personatus)
Stefan Helming 22 May 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Two birds on a branch
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Claudia Naue 1 August 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Dorsal view, up in a tree at Bishangari Lodge
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 26 May 2012 46 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird perched in a tree
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp leopoldi)
Jim Watt 3 March 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
A bird in a thorn tree.
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp leopoldi)
Ken Havard 21 February 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched in a thorn tree
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp leopoldi)
Liam Hughes 29 May 2011 51 weeks ago 3
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