White-headed wood hoopoe

White-headed wood hoopoe
Illustration by Keulemans, 1892
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Phoeniculus
Species: P. bollei
Binomial name
Phoeniculus bollei
(Hartlaub, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Irrisor jacksoni
  • Irrisor bollii

The white-headed wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei) is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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