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 (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of hoopoe. 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". The Eurasian hoopoe is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. Some ornithologists consider the Madagascar hoopoe (U. marginata) as a subspecies. The African hoopoe, subspecies U. e. africana, has sometimes been treated as a separate species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian hoopoe”.