The bare-faced go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae which is native to the eastern Afrotropics.

The bare-faced go-away-bird was described in 1842 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell based on a specimen collected in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

[5][6] Two geographically isolated races are recognised:[6] The sexes are similar, other than the female's green beak.

[7] The bare-faced go-away-bird is found in two disjunct areas in Africa: one in Ethiopia, and the other in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

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