common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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Subject:	common hoopoe (Upupa epops)
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Upupa nigripennis - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ16100017.jpg

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common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Description
Upupa nigripennis
Date 1700-1880
Old Latin name Upupa nigripennis
New Latin name Upupa epops
Common name Nederlands: Hop
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upupa_nigripennis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16100017.tif

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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