Hoopoe (Upupidae)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops) - HBW 6, p. 410
French: Huppe fasciée
German: Wiedehopf
Spanish: Abubilla
Other common names: Common/Eurasian Hoopoe; African Hoopoe (africana); Madagascar Hoopoe (marginata); Ceylon/Indian Hoopoe (ceylonensis)
Taxonomy: Upupa Epops Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Madagascan form marginata widely treated as a separate species on basis mainly of distinctive territorial call. Race africana also considered a full species by some, based on varying amounts of white in wing, and other minor differences of colour pattern (possibly also between sexes), but linked to race senegalensis by intermediate race waibeli. Races saturata and ceylonensis intergrade with nominate. NW Indian Subcontinent population sometimes separated as race orientalis, but now generally regarded as inseparable from nominate; paler birds in.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Upupa Epops Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Madagascan form marginata widely treated as a separate species on basis mainly of distinctive territorial call. Race africana also considered a full species by some, based on varying amounts of white in wing, and other minor differences of colour pattern (possibly also between sexes), but linked to race senegalensis by intermediate race waibeli. Races saturata and ceylonensis intergrade with nominate. NW Indian Subcontinent population sometimes separated as race orientalis, but now generally regarded as inseparable from nominate; paler birds in S & E South Africa sometimes separated as race minor, but validity requires confirmation. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Madagascan form marginata widely treated as a separate species on basis mainly of distinctive territorial call. Race africana also considered a full species by some, based on varying amounts of white in wing, and other minor differences of colour pattern (possibly also between sexes), but linked to race senegalensis by intermediate race waibeli. Races saturata and ceylonensis intergrade with nominate. NW Indian Subcontinent population sometimes separated as race orientalis, but now generally regarded as inseparable from nominate; paler birds in S & E South Africa sometimes separated as race minor, but validity requires confirmation. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- epops Linnaeus, 1758 - NW Africa, Canary Is and Europe E to SC Russia (Ob-Yenisey watershed), NW China (Sinkiang) and NW India.
- major C. L. Brehm, 1855 - Egypt, N Sudan and E Chad (Ennedi).
- senegalensis Swainson, 1837 - S Algeria (Ahaggar), and dry belt from Senegal E to Ethiopia and Somalia.
- epops Linnaeus, 1758 - NW Africa, Canary Is and Europe E to SC Russia (Ob-Yenisey watershed), NW China (Sinkiang) and NW India.
- major C. L. Brehm, 1855 - Egypt, N Sudan and E Chad (Ennedi).
- senegalensis Swainson, 1837 - S Algeria (Ahaggar), and dry belt from Senegal E to Ethiopia and Somalia.
- waibeli Reichenow, 1913 - Cameroon and N Zaire E to Uganda and N Kenya.
- africana Bechstein, 1811 - C Zaire E to C Kenya, and S to the Cape.
- marginata Cabanis & Heine, 1860 - N, W & S Madagascar.
- saturata Lönnberg, 1909 - SC Russia (E of R Yenisey) E to Japan, and S to C China and Tibet.
- ceylonensis Reichenbach, 1853 - plains of Pakistan and N India S to Sri Lanka.
- longirostris Jerdon, 1862 - Assam and Bangladesh E to S China, and S to N Malay Peninsula and Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult singing Locality Belén, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp epops)
Brendan Marnell 31 March 2007 6 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
Juveniles in a trunk hole, fed by adults Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
Robert Mouchard 9 June 2012 23 weeks ago 1 min 49 sec 4.6 -
Juveniles in a trunk hole, fed by adults Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
Robert Mouchard 9 June 2012 23 weeks ago 1 min 13 sec 4.6 -
The picture you see through the dead, here is the sequence that I shot that day... Locality Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Christian Segonne 22 April 2008 2 years ago 21 sec 4.6 -
A bird calling from a stump Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp senegalensis)
Keith Blomerley 12 April 2002 5 years ago 16 sec 4.6 -
A juvenile in a trunk hole Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
Robert Mouchard 9 June 2012 23 weeks ago 59 sec 4.5
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Hoopoe feeding his female.
Locality Masovian Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 16 June 2006 2 years ago 4.7 -
Hoopoe
Locality Portugal
Kevin B Agar 24 April 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Adult Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) with cricket mole in beak as food for chicks in the nest - photo by Altay Zhatkanbayev
Locality Karaozek, Ili River Delta, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Altay Zhatkanbayev 22 June 2007 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
An adult feeding the chicks in the nest.
Locality Pinto, Madrid, Spain (ssp epops)
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Hi friends,This hoopoe (upupa epops) is inside of an european bee-eater comunity. He has his head leant to one side because he w
Locality Madrid, Spain
jorgerubio 5 July 2006 3 years ago 4.5 -
on a rock
Locality Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 25 March 2010 2 years ago 4.4
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A male singing. Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp epops)
Julien Rochefort 22 May 2007 3 years ago 4.8 -
Scolding calls Locality Barranco de Río Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp epops)
Stuart Fisher 6 March 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Dak Dam, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 14 March 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Calling during breeding period. Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 3 years ago 3
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