Violet wood hoopoe

Violet wood hoopoe
Illustration (above) with black-billed wood hoopoe (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Bucerotiformes
Family:Phoeniculidae
Genus:Phoeniculus
Species: P. damarensis
Binomial name
Phoeniculus damarensis
General range: the Angolan mopane woodlands

The violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phoeniculus damarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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