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Common scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) is a species in the family Phoeniculidae, order Bucerotiformes. Recorded adults weigh 27.1 g to 35 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common scimitarbill

Weight
27.1 g – 35 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common scimitarbill live?

Not recorded

What is the common scimitarbill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Common scimitarbill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_scimitarbill&oldid=1354815317), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common scimitarbill endangered?

The common scimitarbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the common scimitarbill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderBucerotiformes
  5. familyPhoeniculidae
  6. genusRhinopomastus
  7. SpeciesRhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819)

Synonyms Irrisor cyanomelas, Phoeniculus cyanomelas, Rhinopomastus smithii

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Common scimitar-billEnglish
  • Common scimitar-billEnglish
  • COSCEnglish
  • Scimitar-bill hoopoeEnglish
  • ScimitarbillEnglish
  • ScimitarbillEnglish
  • SwartbekkakelaarAfrikaans
  • معقوف المنقار الشائعArabic
  • puput arbòria simitarraCatalan
  • dudkovec křivozobýCzech
  • copog goed grymanbigWelsh
  • SeglhærfuglDanish
  • GlanzsichelhopfGerman
  • SichelhopfGerman
  • cimitarbeka arbupupoEsperanto
  • Abubilla arbórea cimitarraSpanish
  • suur-saabelnokkEstonian
  • sirppisäihkyjäFinnish
  • Irrisor namaquoisFrench
  • tankokljuni pupavacCroatian
  • sarlós kúszóbankaHungarian
  • Becco a scimitarra comuneItalian
  • ミナミカマハシJapanese
  • lenktasnapis kopikinis kukutisLithuanian
  • Zuid-Afrikaanse BoomhopDutch
  • sørsabelnebbNorwegian
  • czarnodudek większyPolish
  • bico-de-cimitarraPortuguese
  • bico-de-cimitarra-grandePortuguese
  • Саблеклювый лесной удодRussian
  • Саблеклювый древесный удодRussian
  • dudkovec krivozobýSlovak
  • Obični šumski pupavacSerbian
  • större sabelnäbbSwedish
  • นกซิมิทาร์บิลธรรมดาThai
  • OrakgagaTurkish
  • seBoduTswana
  • ірисор великийUkrainian
  • 弯嘴林戴胜Chinese
  • 彎嘴林戴勝Chinese

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Relatives of the common scimitarbill

Other species in the same genus Rhinopomastus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common scimitarbill?

An adult common scimitarbill weighs 27.1 g – 35 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common scimitarbill endangered?

The common scimitarbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the common scimitarbill?

The common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) belongs to the family Phoeniculidae in the order Bucerotiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{common_scimitarbill_2026,
  title = {Common scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-scimitarbill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}