| Violet Wood Hoopoe | |
|---|---|
| Illustration (above) with Black-billed Wood Hoopoe (below) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Phoeniculidae |
| Genus: | Phoeniculus |
| Species: | P. damarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoeniculus damarensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1901) |
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| General range: the Angolan mopane woodlands | |
The Violet Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania.
Grant's Wood Hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.