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Redbilled Woodhoopoe |
Alternate name |
| Phoeniculus purpureus |
Scientific name |
| Upupiformes |
Order |
| Phoeniculidae |
Family |
| 37cm |
Length |
| Forest, savanna &
shrubland, up to 2,000 m in: Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Equatorial
Guinea,, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar & Zimbabwe |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 2-4 olive green-blue
eggs. |
Clutch |
| Maily ground dwelling
insects. |
Food Diet |
| Found in groups up to
12 birds with one nesting pair that are assisted by the group. |
Habits |
| 983 |
World Number |
| Least Concern |
Status |
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