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Species of bird

Common scimitarbill

Common scimitarbill

Key facts

instance oftaxon
mass3.2 gram
taxon nameRhinopomastus cyanomelas
taxon rankspecies

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.

Description

Juvenile in Etosha National Park
Juvenile in Etosha National Park

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

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