Violet wood hoopoe | |
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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.
Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.