Green Wood Hoopoe / Phoeniculus purpureus LC

Synonyms Red-billed Hoopoe, Green Woodhoopoe, Kakalaar, Red-billed Wood-hoopoe, Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Kakelaar, Senegal Woodhoopoe, Green Wood-hoopoe, Red-billed Wood Hoopoe, Redbilled Woodhoopoe
Old latin name for bird Promerops purpureus, Phoeniculus erythrorhynchus, Upupa erythrorhynchus, Upupa erythrorhynchos

Green Wood Hoopoebird sounds *

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Call, © Étienne Leroy
Ivory Coast
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Call, © Lynette Rudman
South Africa
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Call, © Niall Perrins
South Africa
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Call, © Étienne Leroy
Ivory Coast
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Call, © Andre Marais
South Africa

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Black-billed Wood Hoopoe

Forest Wood Hoopoe

Violet Wood Hoopoe

Where to see Green Wood Hoopoe

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion widespread

Green Wood Hoopoe subspecies (6)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Phoeniculus purpureus angolensis	Angola and w Zambia to ne Namibia and n Botswana	-	No
Phoeniculus purpureus guineensis	n Senegal and s Mauritania to n Ghana, s Chad and Central African Republic	-	No
Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi	e Uganda and Kenya to e South Africa	-	No
Phoeniculus purpureus niloticus	Sudan to w Ethiopia and ne DR Congo	-	No
Phoeniculus purpureus purpureus	c, sw South Africa	-	No
Phoeniculus purpureus senegalensis	s Senegal and Gambia to s Ghana	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Gewone Kakelaar , Gewone Kakelaar (Rooibekkakelaar), Rooibekkakelaar
Azerbaijani	yaşıl meşə şanapipiyi
Bulgarian	Червеноклюн дървесен папуняк
Catalan	puput arbòria verda, Puput dels arbres verd
Chinese	绿林戴胜
Chinese (Traditional)	綠林戴勝
Croatian	zeleni pupavac
Czech	dudkovec stromový
Danish	Purpurskovhærfugl
Dutch	Groene Kakelaar, Groene Boomhop
Esperanto	Verda fenikulo
Estonian	rohe-tääknokk (kakelaar), Rohe-tääknokk
Finnish	vihersäihkyjä
French	Moqueur d'Afrique, Irrisor moqueur, Moqueur
Frisian	Griene keakelder
Galician	Zombeteiro purpúreo
German	Steppenbaumhopf, Grünbaumhopf, Baumhopf
Hungarian	piroscsőrű kúszóbanka
Icelandic	Skógarkappi
Italian	Upupa arboricola purpurea, Upupa boschereccia verde
Japanese	ミドリモリヤツガシラ
Kazakh	жасыл ағаш бәбісегі
Latvian	Zaļais mežapupuķis
Lithuanian	žaliasis kopikinis kukutis
Norwegian	grønnkakelar
Norwegian Nynorsk	Grønkakelar
Polish	sierpodudek purpurowy
Portuguese	zombeteiro-de-bico-vermelho, Zombeteiro de bico vermelho
Russian	Кукушечьехвостый удод, Зелёный лесной удод, Пестрохвостый древесный удод, красноклювый удод
Serbian	Zeleni šumski pupavac
Shona	Haya
Slovak	Leskláč červenozobý, lesklác purpurový, leskláč purpurový
Spanish	Abubilla-arbórea Verde, Abubilla arbórea verde
Swahili	Goregore Kijani
Swedish	grön skratthärfågel
Tatar	күке койрыклы һөдһөд
Tsonga	Yokoywana
Tswana	Foofoo
Turkish	Yeşil Ağaç İbibiği, Yesil ağaç ibibiği, Yeşil ağaç ibibiği
Ukrainian	слотняк пурпуровий
Welsh	Copog goed werdd
Xhosa	Intlekibafazi
Zulu	iNhlekabafazi