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Violet Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1901)
Phoeniculidae — Wood Hoopoes
Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis is a bird of Angola, Namibia and Kenya in the family Phoeniculidae. It was first described in 1901 by Ogilvie-Grant. It is similar to the black-billed wood hoopoe, but has a red bill and a green throat. Its mantle feathers are coppery and violet. Two subspecies are recognised, with damarensis in Angola and Namibia, and granti in central and south-east Kenya.
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Phoeniculidae — Wood Hoopoes
- Breeding range
- Africa: Angola and Namibia. Also Kenya
