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wood hoopoe

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wood hoopoe
n.
Any of several tropical and southern African birds of the family Phoenoculidae, similar to the hoopoe but having metallic plumage, long graduated tails, and no crest.
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Noun1.wood hoopoe - tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crestwood hoopoe - tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
genus Phoeniculus, Phoeniculus - type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae


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These pools are shared by flocks of birds: green wood hoopoes, fisher lovebirds, tallish herons, white bellied goaway birds and giant kingfishers.
 
 
 
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