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ForestCavity nestSmall · 55 g
ID tip
Phoeniculus bollei can reach approximately a body length of 30–35 cm (12–14 in). The female is smaller and has a much shorter bill. These birds show a combination of a white head, a slightly curved bright red beak and red legs and feet, quite different from other species of the family. The iridescent plumage is dark blue or violet-blue. The wings have a purple-copper luster.
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When to see the White-headed Wood Hoopoe
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-headed 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 Tanzania.
About the White-headed Wood Hoopoe
The white-headed wood hoopoe is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.
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Easily confused with
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.
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureusThis abundant species is a metallic dark green, with a purple back and very long diamond-shaped purple tail.
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