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Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus · Family Phoeniculidae
Phoeniculus purpureus
Family Phoeniculidae
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Phoeniculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 202,326
- Countries and territories with records
- 44
About this species
This species has 202,326 occurrence records from 44 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (70.4%), Kenya (4.9%), Zimbabwe (4%), Botswana (2.9%) and the Gambia (2.7%); together they account for 85% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.36% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Phoeniculus purpureus combines the genus name Phoeniculus with the species epithet purpureus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Phoeniculus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Phoeniculus bollei, Phoeniculus damarensis and Phoeniculus somaliensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Phoeniculidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 5.3 times the family average (38,490). The family Phoeniculidae belongs to the order Bucerotiformes, which has 70 species in the Warbla app catalog.