forest wood hoopoe

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name =

| image = Irrisor-ScoptelusKeulemans.jpg

| image_caption = Forest wood hoopoe (bottom), illustration by Keulemans, 1892

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2024 |title=Rhinopomastus castaneiceps |page=e.T22682689A264020353 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22682689A264020353.en}}

| genus = Phoeniculus

| species = castaneiceps

| authority = (Sharpe, 1871)

| synonyms = *Scoptelus castaneiceps

• Rhinopomastus castaneiceps
• Irrisor castaneiceps

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The forest wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.