Biology:Black scimitarbill

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Short description: Species of bird

Black scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus aterrimus anchietae, Cuanavale-rivier, Birding Weto, b.jpg
R. a. anchietae in Angola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Rhinopomastus
Species:
R. aterrimus
Binomial name
Rhinopomastus aterrimus
(Stephens, 1826)

The black scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), also known as the black wood hoopoe, is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.

Range

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It is found in many savanna habitats.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q839945 entry