Bare-faced Go-away-bird

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When to see the Bare-faced Go-away-bird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bare-faced Go-away-bird

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Malawi.

About the Bare-faced Go-away-bird

The bare-faced go-away-bird 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.

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Easily confused with

Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurusThe eastern plantain-eater also known as the eastern grey plantain-eater, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa. White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogasterThis species averages 51 cm (20") in length. Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscatorThe western plantain-eater, also known as the grey plantain-eater or western grey plantain-eater, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa.

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