glossy-metallic, purplish-greenish plumage (South Africa; 2007-07-11)
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Green (or Red-billed) Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Native Range: Africa
Notes:
all eight living species of Wood Hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) are slim arboreal birds, native to Africa, with long graduated tails and long decurved bills; socially monogamous, they reproduce using unlined nests in tree hollows; plumages are generally black, green, or purplish blue with a strong metallic gloss; wood hoopoes have very short legs so they seem "clingy,"to tree trunks, branches, or to the ground where they occasionally perch as well.
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