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Black-billed Wood Hoopoe

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-[[Image:Black-billed_Woodhoopoe.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Solomon]]+[[Image:Black-billed_wood-hoopoevs.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}} <br />langano, [[Ethiopia]]]]
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 +[[Image:Black-billed_Woodhoopoe.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Solomon|Solomon}} <br />Degra/Segeneiti [[Eritrea]], September 2005]]
 +;[[:category:Phoeniculus|Phoeniculus]] somaliensis
==Identification== ==Identification==
-Photo taken: Degra/Segeneiti Eritrea+==Distribution==
 +[[Africa]]<br />
 +'''Eastern Africa''': found in [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]]
 +==Taxonomy==
 +====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 +There are 3 subspecies:
 +*''P. s. somaliensis'':
 +:*South-eastern [[Ethiopia]] to western [[Somalia]] and north-eastern [[Kenya]]
 +*''P. s. neglectus'':
 +:*Arid thornscrub of central [[Ethiopia]]
 +*''P. s. abyssinicus'':
 +:*Northern [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]]
 + 
 +Considered by some to be a subspecies of [[Green Woodhoopoe]] <sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 +==Habitat==
 +Open wood and bushland, well wooded streams and parks.
 +==Behaviour==
 +==References==
 +#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
 +#BF Member observations
 +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Phoeniculus+somaliensis}} {{GSearch|Phoeniculus+somaliensis}}
-[[Category:Birds]]+[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phoeniculus]]

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Photo by volker sthamer langano, Ethiopia
Photo by volker sthamer
langano, Ethiopia
Photo by Solomon Degra/Segeneiti Eritrea, September 2005
Photo by Solomon
Degra/Segeneiti Eritrea, September 2005
Phoeniculus somaliensis

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Eastern Africa: found in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

  • P. s. somaliensis:
  • P. s. neglectus:
  • P. s. abyssinicus:

Considered by some to be a subspecies of Green Woodhoopoe [2]

[edit] Habitat

Open wood and bushland, well wooded streams and parks.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

[edit] External Links

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