| Black Scimitarbill | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Phoeniculidae |
| Genus: | Rhinopomastus |
| Species: | R. aterrimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinopomastus aterrimus (Stephens, 1826) |
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The Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), also known as the Black Wood Hoopoe, is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.