---
title: "Green Woodhoopoe"
description: "Phoeniculus purpureus — Birds. The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a large, up to 44 cm (17 in) long tropical bird native to Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-woodhoopoe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Woodhoopoe

> Phoeniculus purpureus — Birds. The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a large, up to 44 cm (17 in) long tropical bird native to Africa.

- Scientific name: *Phoeniculus purpureus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3669
- Wikidata: [Q811583](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q811583)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20934](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20934)

## Names

- en: Green Woodhoopoe
- de: Baumhopf
- es: Abubilla Arbórea Verde
- fr: Irrisor moqueur
- nl: Groene kakelaar
- pt: Zombeteiro-de-bico-vermelho
- pl: Sierpodudek purpurowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1942), BW (205), KE (181), GM (173), ZW (119), TZ (107), ZM (94), BJ (89), NA (78), SN (74), NG (61), GH (55)

## Summary

The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a large, up to 44 cm (17 in) long tropical bird native to Africa. It is a member of the family Phoeniculidae, the wood hoopoes, and was formerly known as the red-billed wood hoopoe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_wood_hoopoe

## Photo

![Green Woodhoopoe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-woodhoopoe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mathieu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354585999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-woodhoopoe?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).