The violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.

It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania.

It looks similar to the black-billed wood hoopoe but with a red beak and a green throat.

[2] Grant's wood hoopoe (P. d. granti) is sometimes considered a full species.

[3] However, some scholars suggest the violet woodhoopoe is indeed its own species, based on different foraging patterns attributed to its more terrestrial foraging juxtaposed to the green woodhoopoe's arboreal foraging.