Bucerotiformes / Phoeniculidae / Rhinopomastus

Common Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas cyanomelas

Angola and Namibia eastward to northeastern South Africa
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi

western Uganda eastward to southern Somalia, southward to eastern South Africa (western KwaZulu-Natal)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.