Violet wood hoopoe

The violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. It looks similar to the black-billed wood hoopoe but with a red beak and a green throat. It has coppery and violet mantle feathers.[2]

Violet wood hoopoe
Illustration (above) with black-billed wood hoopoe (below)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Phoeniculus
Species:
P. damarensis
Binomial name
Phoeniculus damarensis
General range: the Angolan mopane woodlands

Taxonomy

Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species. Due to genetic similarities in mitochondrial DNA analysis between the Violet Woodhoopoe and the Green Woodhoopoe, some believe the Violet Woodhoopoe is not a separate species from the Green Woodhoopoe.[3] However, some scholars suggest the Violet Woodhoopoe is indeed its own species, based on different foraging patterns attributed to its more terrestrial foraging juxtaposed to the Green Woodhoopoe's arboreal foraging.[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Phoeniculus damarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682673A92955974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682673A92955974.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Cooper, Mark; Sewell, Brian; Jaffer, Mohamed (2019-03-20). "Iridescence of Violet Woodhoopoe Mantle Feathers". Biodiversity Observations. 10. doi:10.15641/bo.v10i0.504. ISSN 2219-0341.
  3. Cooper, Mark I.; Cunningham, Michael; Cherry, Michael I. (July 2001). "Taxonomic status of the Namibian Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis as determined by mitochondrial DNA". Ibis. 143 (3): 572–579. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04884.x.
  4. du Plessis, Morné A; Simmons, Robert E; Radford, Andrew N (March 2007). "Behavioural ecology of the Namibian Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis". Ostrich. 78 (1): 1–5. doi:10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.1.1.45.


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