What to Know About the Bare-faced Go-away-bird in Uganda?

The Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird in Uganda is one of the African birds of Uganda seen during Uganda birding safaris & Tours. It’s family Musophagidae is a resident species to the eastern Afrotropics. Its name is derived from the distinctive and uniquely bare, black face.  It was given genus Go-away because of its g’way call of its near relation.

How Does the Bare-faced Go-away Bird in Uganda Look Like?

The Bare-faced-go-away bird is a noisy and restless large bird of about 20 inches in length, with a bare black face and gray in color. the have a long tail and crest. The females have green bill, the legs and bill of a male are black.

How Does the Bare-faced Go-away Bird in Uganda Sing and Make Calls?

This bird is very noisy and restless, it moves alone on in groups making low and repetitive kow-kow … calls.

How Does the Bare-faced Go-away bird in Uganda Feed?

They prefer eating berries.

How Does the Bare-faced Go-away Bird in Uganda Reproduce?

The female lays 2-3 greenish-white oval eggs in nests built in tall acacia trees.