Common scimitarbill

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Common scimitarbill
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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, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [2]

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Description

Adults weigh roughly 35 grams and 26 cm in length. [3] As adults, their beaks are black but as juveniles, their beaks are grey. [4] Females and juveniles are more brown on the front of their body. [2] They feed almost entirely on insects behind the bark of a tree, which is the reason for their probing beak. [3]

Juvenile in Etosha National Park Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Etosha).jpg
Juvenile in Etosha National Park

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhinopomastus cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22682704A92957169. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682704A92957169.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Common Scimitarbill - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  3. 1 2 DeWetsWild (2024-09-23). "Common Scimitarbill". DeWetsWild. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  4. ↑ "Common scimitarbill - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". animalia.bio. Retrieved 2025-08-24.


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