Violet Wood Hoopoe

When to see the Violet 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 Violet Wood Hoopoe

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Violet Wood Hoopoe

The violet wood hoopoe is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. It looks similar to the black-billed wood hoopoe but with a red beak and a green throat. It has coppery and violet mantle feathers.

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Easily confused with

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. White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bolleiPhoeniculus bollei can reach approximately a body length of 30–35 cm (12–14 in). Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureusThis abundant species is a metallic dark green, with a purple back and very long diamond-shaped purple tail.