Forest Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus castaneiceps)

Other Names (World)
Forest Scimitarbill, Forest Woodhoopoe, Chestnut-headed Woodhoopoe, Forest Wood Hoopoe

Family
Phoeniculidae (Woodhoopoes)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1871)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Forest Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps) [XC842383]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Parc National de la for\u00eat de Ta\u00ef (Camp Mangabey area), Ivory Coast (call, flight call)

Forest Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps) [XC235790]
by Peter Boesman from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call, creaks, voices)

Subspecies
Taxonomy uncertain. Some aspects of plumage indicate affinities with Phoeniculus, perhaps especially White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei), whereas size, bare-part colours and vocalizations are closer to those of Rhinopomastus.

Birds from eastern Zaire, Uganda and western Kenya, described as subspecies adolfifriederici, now considered indistinguishable from brunneiceps.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

castaneiceps (Sharpe, 1871) - Liberia east to Nigeria.
brunneiceps (Sharpe, 1903) - Cameroon, Gabon and Congo through Zaire to Uganda; formerly extreme western Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Forest Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus castaneiceps) - 4 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Forest Scimitarbill see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Forest Scimitarbill

If you would like to read any articles about the Forest Scimitarbill...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Forest Scimitarbill

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Forest Scimitarbill or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (0)

No Videos of Forest Scimitarbill

If Birdpedia has no videos of Forest Scimitarbill or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)