Family
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Phoeniculidae
8 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Bucerotiformes
The wood hoopoes or scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds. They live south of the Sahara Desert and are not migratory. While the family is now restricted to Sub-Saharan Africa, fossil evidence shows that it once had a larger distribution.
Species in this family
- White-headed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
- Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor