Wood Hoopoes

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

The Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus) is a 27 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Wood Hoopoes

Order

Bucerotiformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Central African Rep., S. Sudan, Eritrea, Togo, Sudan.

Where to see it: Kalana (Mali); Biguina 1 - Eastern farmlands (Benin); PN Zakouma (Salamat Part) (Chad); Hara Langano Lodge (Ethiopia); Park Pendjari (Benin).

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