Green Wood Hoopoe bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsKakelaar, Red-billed Hoopoe, Kakalaar, Green Woodhoopoe, Senegal Woodhoopoe, Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Red-billed Wood-hoopoe, Redbilled Woodhoopoe, Green Wood-hoopoe, Red-billed Wood Hoopoe
Old latin name for birdUpupa erythrorhynchos, Promerops purpureus, Upupa erythrorhynchus, Phoeniculus erythrorhynchus
OrderHornbills and relatives / Bucerotiformes
FamilyWood Hoopoes / Phoeniculidae
GenusPhoeniculus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Green Wood Hoopoe bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 2.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 3.
    Call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Andre Marais
    South Africa
  • 9.
    Call, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
  • 10.
    Call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Green Wood Hoopoe

Green Wood Hoopoe subspecies (6)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Phoeniculus purpureus angolensisAngola and w Zambia to ne Namibia and n Botswana-No
Phoeniculus purpureus guineensisn Senegal and Gambia to Chad and Central African Republic-No
Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzie Uganda and Kenya to e South Africa-No
Phoeniculus purpureus niloticusSudan to w Ethiopia and ne DR Congo-No
Phoeniculus purpureus purpureusc, sw South Africa-No
Phoeniculus purpureus senegalensiss Senegal to s Ghana-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGewone Kakelaar (Rooibekkakelaar), Gewone Kakelaar , Rooibekkakelaar
Azerbaijaniyaşıl meşə şanapipiyi
BulgarianЧервеноклюн дървесен папуняк
Catalanpuput arbòria verda, Puput dels arbres verd
Chinese绿林戴胜
Chinese (Traditional)綠林戴勝
Croatianzeleni pupavac
Czechdudkovec stromový
DanishPurpurskovhærfugl
DutchGroene Boomhop, Groene Kakelaar
EsperantoVerda fenikulo
Estonianrohe-tääknokk (kakelaar), Rohe-tääknokk
Finnishvihersäihkyjä
FrenchMoqueur d'Afrique, Irrisor moqueur, Moqueur
FrisianGriene keakelder
GalicianZombeteiro purpúreo
GermanBaumhopf, Steppenbaumhopf, Grünbaumhopf
Hungarianpiroscsőrű kúszóbanka
IcelandicSkógarkappi
ItalianUpupa boschereccia verde, Upupa arboricola purpurea
Japaneseミドリモリヤツガシラ
Kazakhжасыл ағаш бәбісегі
LatvianZaļais mežapupuķis
Lithuanianžaliasis kopikinis kukutis
NorwegianGrønnkakelar, grønnkakelar
Norwegian NynorskGrønkakelar
Polishsierpodudek purpurowy
PortugueseZombeteiro de bico vermelho, zombeteiro-de-bico-vermelho
RussianПестрохвостый древесный удод, красноклювый удод, Зелёный лесной удод, Кукушечьехвостый удод
SerbianZeleni šumski pupavac
ShonaHaya
SlovakLeskláč červenozobý, lesklác purpurový, leskláč purpurový
SpanishAbubilla arbórea verde, Abubilla-arbórea Verde
SwahiliGoregore Kijani
Swedishgrön skratthärfågel
Tatarкүке койрыклы һөдһөд
TsongaYokoywana
TswanaFoofoo
TurkishYeşil Ağaç İbibiği, Yesil ağaç ibibiği, Yeşil ağaç ibibiği
Ukrainianслотняк пурпуровий
WelshCopog goed werdd
XhosaIntlekibafazi
ZuluiNhlekabafazi