common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Description
Upupa somalensis = Upupa epops senegalensis, Hoopoe ssp.
Date 1892
Source Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 16
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UpupaSomalensisKeulemans.jpg

The hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. Upupa and epops are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe; both, like the English name, are onomatopoeic forms which imitate the cry of the bird.

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