Common scimitarbill
| Common scimitarbill | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Phoeniculidae |
| Genus: | Rhinopomastus |
| Species: | R. cyanomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819) | |
The common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Juvenile in Etosha National Park
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Rhinopomastus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- (Scimitarbilled woodhoopoe=) Common scimitarbill – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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