Illustration (above) with black-billed wood hoopoe (below)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Bucerotiformes
Family:
Phoeniculidae
Genus:
Phoeniculus
Species:
P. damarensis
Binomial name
Phoeniculus damarensis
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1901)
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. It looks similar to the black-billed wood hoopoe but with a red beak and a green throat. It has coppery and violet mantle feathers.[2]
^BirdLife International (2016). "Phoeniculus damarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682673A92955974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682673A92955974.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white, and orangey-pink coloring with a large erectile crest on their head. Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops Order:...
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Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops Order:...
Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops Order:...
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