Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus minor - Irrisor à cimeterre

Systematics

Order
:
Bucerotiformes
Family
:
Phoeniculidés
Genus
:
Rhinopomastus
Species
:
minor

Descriptor

Rüppell, 1845

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 28 à 30 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor) is a species of bird in the Phoeniculidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Rhinopomastus minor minor (Ethiopia, Somalia and ne Kenya)
Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi (s Sudan, sw Ethiopia and n Kenya to n Tanzania)

Foreign names

Irrisor à cimeterre,
Abubilla arbórea menor,
bico-de-cimitarra-da-abissínia,
Goldschnabel-Sichelhopf,
piroscsőrű sarlósbanka,
Abessijnse Boomhop,
Becco a scimitarra d'Abissinia,
abessinsk sabelnäbb,
Nordsabelnebb,
dudkovec žltozobý,
dudkovec oranžovozobý,
Rødnæbbet Seglhærfugl,
pikkusirppisäihkyjä,
puput arbòria menuda,
czarnodudek czerwonodzioby,
Златоклювый лесной удод,
キバシカマハシ,
小弯嘴林戴胜,
orangenäbbad sabelnäbb,
小彎嘴林戴勝,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Where to Watch Birds in Ethiopia, Claire Spottiswoode, Merid Gabremichael, Julian Francis
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe
Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley , Adam Scott Kennedy
Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology et National Audubon Society
IOC World Bird List (v15.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2025-12-07.

Other sources of interest