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WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 73 g
What the Green Wood Hoopoe sounds like
ID tip
This abundant species is a metallic dark green, with a purple back and very long diamond-shaped purple tail. Distinctive white markings on the wings and white chevrons on the tail edges make it easily identifiable, as does its long, thin, curved red bill. Sexes are similar, but immatures have a black bill. It advertises its presence with its loud kuk-uk-uk-uk-uk call and other vocalisations.
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When to see the Green Wood Hoopoe
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Green Wood Hoopoe
The map shades 34 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Green Wood Hoopoe
The green wood hoopoe is a large, up to 44 cm (17 in) long tropical bird native to Africa. It is a member of the family Phoeniculidae, the wood hoopoes, and was formerly known as the red-billed wood hoopoe.
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Easily confused with
White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bolleiPhoeniculus bollei can reach approximately a body length of 30–35 cm (12–14 in).
Violet Wood HoopoePhoeniculus damarensisThe violet wood hoopoe is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.
Black-billed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus somaliensisThe black-billed wood hoopoe is very similar to the green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) in appearance, but lacks the greenish gloss on the head and mantle and has a black beak rather than a red one, though there is sometimes a reddish tinge at the base of the beak.
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