Bird families · Bucerotiformes

Wood Hoopoes

Phoeniculidae · 8 species

Wood Hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) is a family of 8 bird species in the order Bucerotiformes. They live mostly in woodland, shrubland, forest habitats. The smallest is the Abyssinian Scimitarbill and the largest the Violet Wood Hoopoe.

• Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
• Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
• Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
• Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
• Forest Wood Hoopoe Rhinopomastus castaneiceps
• Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
• Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei