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Common scimitarbill

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Common scimitarbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Phoeniculidae
Genus: Rhinopomastus
Species:
R. cyanomelas
Binomial name
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
(Vieillot, 1819)

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, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Description

Adults are dark blue. As adults, their beaks are black but as juveniles, their beaks are grey.

Juvenile in Etosha National Park

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Rhinopomastus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)