Violet Wood Hoopoe

Violet Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus damarensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Waterberg Plateau Park

Closest Relatives at Waterberg Plateau Park

Green Wood Hoopoe
LC

Green Wood Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoeniculus purpureus

<5% · Rare
Common Scimitarbill
LC

Common Scimitarbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

10–20% · Possible
African Grey Hornbill
LC

African Grey Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophoceros nasutus

70–80% · Very likely
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
LC

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tockus leucomelas

50–60% · Likely
Common Hoopoe
LC

Common Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Upupa epops

20–30% · Possible
African Hoopoe

African Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Upupa africana

Insufficient data
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
LC

Damara Red-billed Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tockus damarensis

10–20% · With luck
Bradfield's Hornbill
LC

Bradfield's Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophoceros bradfieldi

10–20% · With luck
Monteiro's Hornbill
LC

Monteiro's Hornbill

Bird

Tockus monteiri

10–20% · With luck
Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tockus rufirostris

0–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
2 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
10–20%
3 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
0–10%
4 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
0–10%
5 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
0–10%
6 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Violet Wood Hoopoe in Waterberg Plateau Park?

About 7% of visitor-days record a Violet Wood Hoopoe sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Violet Wood Hoopoe in Waterberg Plateau Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Violet Wood Hoopoe in Waterberg Plateau Park in our monthly data.

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