| Biological classification: |  kingdom: Animalia- phylum: Chordata-- class: Aves--- order: Upupiformes---- family: Phoeniculidae----- species: Phoeniculus purpureus
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        | Countries: | 
 BWBotswanaGHGhanaGMGambiaGWGuinea-BissauKEKenyaNANamibiaSNSenegalTZTanzania, United Republic ofUGUgandaZASouth AfricaZMZambia
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        | Ecoregions: | 
 AT0101Albertine Rift montane forestsAT0108East African montane forestsAT0116KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaicAT0125Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaicAT0707Guinean forest-savanna mosaicAT0711Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thicketsAT0714Serengeti volcanic grasslandsAT0716Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thicketsAT0721Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaicAT0722West Sudanian savannaAT0725Zambezian and Mopane woodlandsAT0726Zambezian Baikiaea woodlandsAT0907Zambezian flooded grasslandsAT1004Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forestsAT1009Highveld grasslandsAT1012Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thicketsAT1403Guinean mangroves
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