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Bucerotiformes / Phoeniculidae / Phoeniculus

Black-billed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus somaliensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbwoo2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Phoeniculus

Subspecies (3)

Phoeniculus somaliensis abyssinicus

northern Ethiopia and Eritrea
Phoeniculus somaliensis neglectus

arid thornscrub of central Ethiopia
Phoeniculus somaliensis somaliensis

southeastern Ethiopia to western Somalia and northeastern Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbwoo2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.