Violet Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
English (US) Violet Wood Hoopoe
The Violet Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phoeniculidae (Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills) in the order Bucerotiformes.
- Scientific name
- Phoeniculus damarensis
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Violet Wood Hoopoe
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Phoeniculus damarensis damarensis
- Phoeniculus damarensis granti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Irrisor damarensis
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
- Type locality
- Damaraland; the types are specimens d'-n' in Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 16, 1892, p. 19, viz. Otjimbinque, Elephant Vley Ovaquenyama, Okavango River and 'Damaraland.'
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 12 p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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