Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodhoopoes :: Green Woodhoopoe

Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus

Described by: Miller, J. F. (1784)
Alternate common name(s): Green Wood Hoopoe, Red-billed Wood Hoopoe, Red-billed Woodhoopoe
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Zimbabwe - Aug, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Kenya - Aug, 2003 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  The Gambia - Dec, 2002 © Ben van den Broek  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
Gerrimandered distribution;
(1) S. Mauritana, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana.
(2) S. Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, s. Chad and Central African Republic.
(3) N. Sudan, Ethiopia to e. Zaire.
(4) E. Uganda, Rwands, Burundi, Kenya, e. Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique to e. South Africa (Natal) and Zanzibar.
(5) S. Angola.
(6) C. and sw. s. Africa in Zambia, n. and e. Botswana, Zimbabwe and c. Namibia.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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