Crinifer personatus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Cladus: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Cladus: Neornithes
Infraclassis: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Musophagiformes

Familia: Musophagidae
Subfamilia: Criniferinae
Genus: Crinifer
Species: Crinifer personatus
Subspecies C. p. leopoldi – C. p. personatus
Name

Crinifer personatus (Rüppell, 1842)
Synonymy

Chizærhis personata (protonym)

References

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt.X: 8.

Vernacular names
català: Turac emmascarat
Cymraeg: Lowri wynepfoel
dansk: Maskelarmfugl
Deutsch: Nacktkehl-Lärmvogel
Ελληνικά: Μασκοφόρο Τουράκο
English: Bare-faced Go-away-bird
español: Turaco enmascarado
فارسی: پرنده ددری لخت‌سیما
français: Touraco masqué
magyar: Szürke lármásmadár
italiano: Turaco dalla maschera
Nederlands: Maskertoerako
Diné bizaad: Hashkʼaan yildeełí biniiʼ diłhiłígíí
русский: Гологорлый бананоед
svenska: Barkindad tofsturako

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.
Taxonomy

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.[2][3] The specific epithet is from Latin personatus meaning "masked" (from persona meaning "mask").[4] 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.[5][6]

Two geographically isolated races are recognised:[6]

C. p. personatus (Rüppell, 1842) – Ethiopian Rift Valley

Description: More extensive green breast plumage, underside of wings and tail greenish, face with minute brown plumes[7]

C. p. leopoldi (Shelley, 1881) – south Uganda, southwest Kenya and Tanzania to Malawi and Zambia

Description: Face bare and black, less extensive green breast plumage[7]

Description
C. p. leopoldi in Kenya

The sexes are similar, other than the female's green beak.[8] It is 48 cm (19 in) long beak to tail, and weighs approximately 210 to 300 grams.[9] Its call is a double or repetitive kow-kow.[7]
Distribution and habitat

The bare-faced go-away-bird is found in two disjunct areas in Africa: one in Ethiopia, and the other in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[10] It occurs in open woodland, thickets and in cultivation with scattered trees. It may be found at altitudes of up to 1,400 metres, but at Loita up to 2,200 metres in scattered cedar, acacia and evergreen scrub.[11]
Behaviour and ecology

The bare-faced go-away-bird is a noisy and restless species, that moves about singly or in groups.[7]
Food and feeding

These birds primarily eat fruits, leaf buds, and seeds.[12]
Breeding

Like other Turacos, the bare-faced go-away-bird lays two to three greenish-white eggs each mating season. Nests are often built in tall acacia trees.[13]
References

BirdLife International. (2016). "Corythaixoides personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725405A94891690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725405A94891690.en. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
Rüppell, Eduard (1842). "Memoir on the family Touracoos". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (108): 8–9.
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Perktaş, U.; Groth, J.G.; Barrowclough, G.F. (2020). "Phylogeography, species limits, phylogeny, and classification of the turacos (Aves: Musophagidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". American Museum Novitates (3949): 1–61. doi:10.1206/3949.1. S2CID 214763342.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
Zimmerman, Dale A.; et al. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0691010226.
"Bare-faced Go-away Birds | Beauty of Birds". www.beautyofbirds.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
Jones, David. "Bare-faced Go-away Bird". www.turacos.org. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
bare-faced go-away bird at kenyabirds Archived May 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Britton, P.L., ed. (1980). Birds of East Africa: 375. Corythaixoides personata (Rüppell) Bare-faced Go-away Bird KTU 441. Nairobi: EANHS. p. 74.
Jones, David. "Bare-faced Go-away Bird". www.turacos.org. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
"Bare-faced Go-away Birds | Beauty of Birds". www.beautyofbirds.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.