Forest Wood Hoopoe

When to see the Forest Wood Hoopoe

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Forest Wood Hoopoe

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Kinshasa.

About the Forest Wood Hoopoe

The forest wood hoopoe is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. 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.

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

Easily confused with

Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimusThe black scimitarbill, also known as the black wood hoopoe, is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. 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 ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelasAdults weigh roughly 35 grams and 26 cm in length.