Green wood hoopoe
| Green wood-hoopoe | |
|---|---|
Green wood hoopoe at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa | |
| Chattering calls of P. p. niloticus in the Mtembur area of western Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Phoeniculidae |
| Genus: | Phoeniculus |
| Species: | P. purpureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoeniculus purpureus (J.F. Miller, 1784) | |
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The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) 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.