Violet wood hoopoe
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]
| Violet wood hoopoe | |
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| Illustration (above) with black-billed wood hoopoe (below) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| 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 | |
Taxonomy
Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.
References
- 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.
- Cooper, Mark; Sewell, Brian; Jaffer, Mohamed (2019-03-20). "IRIDESCENCE OF VIOLET WOODHOOPOE MANTLE FEATHERS". Biodiversity Observations. 10. doi:10.15641/bo.v10i0.504. ISSN 2219-0341.
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