Forest wood hoopoe

Forest wood hoopoe
Forest wood hoopoe (bottom), illustration by Keulemans, 1892
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Phoeniculus
Species: P. castaneiceps
Binomial name
Phoeniculus castaneiceps
(Sharpe, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Scoptelus castaneiceps

The forest wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.

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