Hoopoe (Upupidae) - HBW 6
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
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
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An adult singing Belén, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp epops)
Brendan Marnell 31 March 2007 2 years ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A bird digging for food and eating a worm Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp epops)
Pere Sugranyes 30 April 2006 2 years ago 35 sec 4.6 -
A bird on a branch Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 10 September 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging on the grass Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp africana)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 2 years ago 40 sec 4.5 -
A close view of a bird feeding on a caterpillar Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp epops)
Pere Sugranyes 30 April 2006 2 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging Al Mamzar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (ssp epops)
Eric Roualet 22 February 2008 1 year ago 16 sec 4.4
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First sighting of the season Al Ruwais, Qatar
luckyjon 5 March 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.6 -
Hoopoe during his characteristic love song. Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 28 May 2005 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
a bird near the nest Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Libor Vaicenbacher 6 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on the branch with the insect in the beak Okavango Camp, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Libor Vaicenbacher 6 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched with its beak open Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India
vasanthan.p.j 21 November 2009 16 weeks ago 4 -
I saw this bird in my garden two months for now. But i still don't know the name of the bird. Latvia
Mebeles 4 June 2009 29 weeks ago 4
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A male singing. Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp epops)
Julien Rochefort 22 May 2007 15 weeks ago 4.5 -
Scolding calls Barranco de Río Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp epops)
Stuart Fisher 6 March 2008 10 weeks ago 4 -
Calling during breeding period. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 10 weeks ago 3
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