Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Crinifer personatus(Rüppell, WPES, 1842)
English (US) Bare-faced Go-away-bird
The Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Musophagidae (Turacos) in the order Musophagiformes.
- Scientific name
- Crinifer personatus
- Family
- Musophagidae (Turacos)
- Order
- Musophagiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Crinifer personatus personatus
- Crinifer personatus leopoldi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Chizaerhis personata
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1842)
- Type locality
- Southern provinces of Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.10, no.108 p.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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