• Synonyms Black Wood Hoopoe, Lesser Wood-Hoopoe, Black Scimitar bill, Black Woodhoopoe, Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe, Black Scimitar-bill, Lesser Woodhoopoe, Black Wood-Hoopoe, Wood-Hoopoe
  • Old latin name for bird Phoeniculus aterrimus, Promerops aterrimus

Black Scimitarbillbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Gabriel A. Jamie
    Ghana
  • 2.
    Call, © selvino
    Cameroon
  • 3.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 4.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ghana
  • 5.
    Call, © Joost van Bruggen
    Guinea-Bissau
  • 6.
    Song, © GABRIEL LEITE
    Ghana
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black Scimitarbill

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion e, c, w, sw

Black Scimitarbill subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Rhinopomastus aterrimus anchietaesw DR Congo, Angola and w Zambia-No
Rhinopomastus aterrimus aterrimusSenegal and Gambia to w Sudan-No
Rhinopomastus aterrimus eminic Sudan to ne DR Congo and Uganda-No
Rhinopomastus aterrimus notatusEthiopia-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
BulgarianЧерен дървесен папуняк
CatalanPuput dels arbres negre, puput arbòria negra
Chinese黑弯嘴林戴胜, 黑弯嘴戴胜
Chinese (Traditional)黑林戴勝
Croatiancrni pupavac
CzechDudkovec cerný, dudkovec černý
DanishSort Seglhærfugl
DutchZwarte Boomhop
EsperantoNigra rinopomasto
Estoniansavanni-saabelnokk
Finnishmustasäihkyjä
FrenchIrrisor noir, Petit Moqueur noir
FrisianSwarte beamhûpe
GalicianZombeteiro preto
GermanZwergbaumhopf, Violettsichelhopf, Mohrensichelhopf, Sichelhopf
Hungarianfekete sarlósbanka
IcelandicNegragarpur
IrishHúpú dubh
ItalianBecco a scimitarra nero, Upupa arboricola nera
Japaneseクロモリヤツガシラ
Kazakhқара ағаш бәбісегі
LatvianMelnais līkknābja pupuķis
Lithuanianjuodasis kopikinis kukutis
Norwegiansvartsabelnebb
Norwegian NynorskSvartsabelnebb
Polishczarnodudek ciemnodzioby
Portuguesezombeteiro-preto
RussianМалый удод, Чёрный лесной удод, Чёрный древесный удод
SerbianCrni šumski pupavac
Slovakdudkovec čierny
SpanishAbubilla-arbórea Negra, Abubilla arbórea negra
Swedishsvart sabelnäbb
TurkishKara ormanibibiği, Kara Orakgaga
Ukrainianірисор чорний
WelshCopog goed ddu