Common scimitarbill
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Common scimitarbill | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Phoeniculidae |
Genus: | Rhinopomastus |
Species: | R. cyanomelas
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Binomial name | |
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819)
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The common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Description
Adults are dark blue. As adults, their beaks are black but as juveniles, their beaks are grey.
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhinopomastus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682704A92957169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682704A92957169.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
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- (Scimitarbilled woodhoopoe=) Common scimitarbill – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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