Species
There are eight species.
FAMILY: PHOENICULIDAE
- Genus: Phoeniculus
- Green Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus
- Violet Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus damarensis
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus somaliensis
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus bollei
- Forest Wood Hoopoe, Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Genus: Rhinopomastus
- Black Scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Common Scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus minor
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