Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Amboseli • Oct 2009

Bird name: African Hoopoe
Latin: Upupa africana
Other: Upupa epops africana • Eurasian Hoopoe
Family: Upupidae

The African Hoopoe is often thought a subspecies of Eurasian Hoopoe.

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Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Eurasian Hoopoe
Latin: Upupa epops
Other: Huppe fasciée • Upupiformes
Family: Upupidae • Hoopoe

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy the Hoopoe gets its own order, Upupiformes. Otherwise it falls into Coraciiformes, the same general grouping as Rollers, Kingfishers and Bee-Eaters.

A great looking crested bird - I saw several in my stay in the Danube Delta and recently one in the local park.

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