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Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Least ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 27 g
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 1
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 2
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 3
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Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 4
Photo: Irene · CC0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 5
Photo: Gray, George Robert; Hullmandel & Walton; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph; Mitchell, D. W. · Public domain
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 6
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 7
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 8
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 9
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), photo 10
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0

About the Black Scimitarbill

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

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where the Black Scimitarbill lives

Regular range
Ghana Gambia Ethiopia Senegal Benin Nigeria Uganda Angola Cameroon Chad Burkina Faso Gabon Guinea Guinea-Bissau Côte d’Ivoire Niger Mali Zambia Central African Republic Congo - Kinshasa Mauritania Sierra Leone South Sudan Eritrea Togo

When to see the Black Scimitarbill

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor) Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minorThe bird is all black with a blue-purple iridescence which covers their whole body and especially the back of the head. Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelasAdults weigh roughly 35 grams and 26 cm in length.

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