Wood hoopoe
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The wood hoopoes or 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
Green Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus, at Marakele National Park, Limpopo, South Africa
Common scimitarbill
Green Woodhoopoe RWD7
Flickr Rainbirder Common Scimitarbill
Scimitarbill
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Scimitarbills are three species of African bird belonging to the genus Rhinopomastus. They are often classified in the woodhoopoe family, Phoeniculidae; however, genetic studies show that they diverge
Wood hoopoe
…most resemble the true hoopoes with their long down-curved bills and short rounded wings. According to genetic studies, the two genera, Phoeniculus and Rhinopomastus, appear to have diverged about ten million years ago, so some systematists treat them as separate subfamilies or even separate families. The wood hoopoes…
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Black Scimitar Bill Gambia
Pharomachrus antisianus 1847