Black-billed Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
English (US) Black-billed Wood Hoopoe
The Black-billed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis) 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 somaliensis
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-billed Wood Hoopoe
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Phoeniculus somaliensis abyssinicus
- Phoeniculus somaliensis somaliensis
- Phoeniculus somaliensis neglectus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Irrisor somaliensis
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1901)
- Type locality
- Somaliland; type from Fer Libah.
- 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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