Biology:Common scimitarbill
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Phoeniculidae |
| Genus: | Rhinopomastus |
| Species: | R. cyanomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819)
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The common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]
Description
Adults weigh roughly 35 grams and 26 cm in length.[3] As adults, their beaks are black but as juveniles, their beaks are grey.[4] Females and juveniles are more brown on the front of their body.[2] They feed almost entirely on insects behind the bark of a tree, which is the reason for their probing beak.[3]
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhinopomastus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682704A92957169.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22682704/92957169. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Common Scimitarbill - eBird" (in en). https://ebird.org/species/cosbil1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DeWetsWild (2024-09-23). "Common Scimitarbill" (in en). https://dewetswild.com/2024/09/24/common-scimitarbill/.
- ↑ "Common scimitarbill - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". https://animalia.bio/common-scimitarbill.
External links
- (Scimitarbilled woodhoopoe=) Common scimitarbill – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Wikidata ☰ Q1079941 entry
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