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 4.9 -
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 4.8 -
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 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 4.5 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 3 March 2013 10 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 -
A bird perched, standing up and laying again. Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp leopoldi)
Eldert Groenewoud 6 March 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 3 -
bird on the ground Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp leopoldi)
Daniêl Jimenez 15 September 2010 2 years ago 10 sec 2.6 -
A bird on top of a cactus, stretching its wing Locality Uganda (ssp leopoldi)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2004 6 years ago 6 sec 2.2
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