Parent: Phoeniculidae (Wood hoopoes)

└─ Phoeniculus

└─── Phoeniculus bollei (White-headed wood hoopoe)

└─── Phoeniculus castaneiceps (Forest wood hoopoe)

└─── Phoeniculus damarensis (Violet wood hoopoe)

└─── Phoeniculus purpureus (Green wood hoopoe)

└─── Phoeniculus somaliensis (Black-billed wood hoopoe)