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Bucerotiformes / Phoeniculidae / Rhinopomastus

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blsbil1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Rhinopomastus

Subspecies (4)

Rhinopomastus aterrimus anchietae

Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Zambia, Angola, and southeastern Gabon
Rhinopomastus aterrimus aterrimus

Senegambia to western Sudan
Rhinopomastus aterrimus emini

central Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Rhinopomastus aterrimus notatus

Ethiopia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blsbil1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.