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Bucerotiformes / Phoeniculidae / Phoeniculus

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whhwoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Phoeniculus

Subspecies (3)

Phoeniculus bollei bollei

Liberia to Central African Republic
Phoeniculus bollei jacksoni

humid forest of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sudan and Kenya
Phoeniculus bollei okuensis

Cameroon (Lake Oku region)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whhwoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.