Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) by Lee at National Aviary
the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe,… (Leviticus 11:19 NKJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – BUCEROTIFORMES, Family – Phoeniculidae – Wood Hoopoes
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Species (9)
Forest Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps)
White-headed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
Black-billed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis)
Violet Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)
Grant’s Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus granti)
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)
Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
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- Wood Hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) – IBC
- Wood Hoopoes – Wikipedia
- Phoeniculidae – Le quide ornitho
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The Wood hoopoes and scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds. They live south of the Sahara Desert and are not migratory. While the family is now restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, fossil evidence shows that the family once had a larger distribution. Fossils attributed to this family have been found in rocks in Germany.
The wood hoopoes are related to the kingfishers, the rollers, and the Hoopoe, forming a clade with this last according to Hackett et al. (2008). A close relationship between the Hoopoe and the woodhoopoes is also supported by the shared and unique nature of their stapes. They most resemble the true Hoopoe with their long down-curved bills and short rounded wings. (Wikipedia with editing)
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