Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 32,450
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian hoopoe”.