Coraciiformes

Hoopoe (Upupidae)

HBW 6, p. 396 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 6 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized birds with long, thin, decurved bill, prominent erectile crest, broad rounded wings, and short but powerful legs.
• Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions.
• Open country with patches of bare earth or short grass; needs trees, walls or buildings with cavities.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 9 taxa.
• No species threatened; probably 1 extinct since 1600.