Coraciiformes
Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculidae)
HBW 6, p. 412
- Medium-sized arboreal birds, generally black, often iridescent, with or without white in wings and tail; bill forceps-like, usually decurved, specialized for obtaining arthropod prey in fissures and cracks in tree bark.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Wooded habitats, from tropical lowland rainforest to arid bush country.
- 2 genera, 8 species, 24 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 8
List of species:
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- 4 1 1 2 8 1 Forest Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps)
- 6 3 3 8 2 White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
- 56 6 20 30 8 3 Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- 8 5 3 8 4 Black-billed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis)
- 7 1 4 2 8 5 Violet Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)
- 6 1 5 8 6 Black Woodhoopoe (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)
- 10 1 7 2 8 7 Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
- 4 3 1 8 8 Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
Family statistics
2 genera, 8 species
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| 2 genera | (100%) |
| 8 species | (100%) |
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