Violet wood hoopoe
| Violet wood hoopoe | |
|---|---|
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| 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 (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.
Taxonomy
Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phoeniculus damarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Violet wood hoopoe - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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