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Phoeniculus
Sign in to savePhoeniculus is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
Green Woodhoopoe
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderBucerotiformes
- FamilyPhoeniculidae
Observations3,375
Observations recorded213,799
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 180
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Phoeniculidae
- Collections
- ROM, CM, USNM, FMNH, UMZC, BSNS
- Recorded in
- Angola, Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Gambia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Chad
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- Image
- Stavenn Phoeniculus purpureus 00.jpg
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Phoeniculus is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
==Taxonomy== The genus Phoeniculus was introduced in 1821 by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki with Upupa erythrorhynchus (Latham) (the green wood hoopoe) as the type species. The genus name is a diminutive of the Ancient Greek φοινιξ/phoinix, φοινικος/phoinikos, the phoenix.
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