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Image by Jan Bisschop
Lk. Nakuru NP, Kenya, July 2002
Phoeniculus damarensis

Includes: Grant's Wood Hoopoe

Description

Identification

Distribution

Namibia, southern Angola, Kenya and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

granti is sometimes accepted as full species, Grant's Wood Hoopoe.

Habitat

Behaviour

The females alone incubate the eggs but are brought food by the males.

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