Common scimitarbill

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| name = Common scimitarbill

| image = Flickr - Rainbirder - Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) (cropped).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |volume=2016 |page=e.T22682704A92957169 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682704A92957169.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Rhinopomastus

| species = cyanomelas

| authority = (Vieillot, 1819)

| synonyms =

}}

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.