© AS - monacoeye • Amboseli • Oct 2009

Bird name: African Hoopoe
Latin: Upupa africana
Other: Upupa epops africana • Eurasian Hoopoe, Huppe d'Afrique (Fr),
Family: Upupidae - Hoopoes
Range: Africa
Similar: European Hoopoe

The African Hoopoe is often classed as a subspecies of Eurasian Hoopoe.

Nice shots here sent in by André S and Tom C taken in Amboseli National Park and Tanzania.

They look to me to have different colouring, so may be different subspecies.More photos...

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.

More photos...

096 Upupidae - Hoopoes - IOC 2.5 - 2010

The hoopoes (Upupidae) and wood hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) sister taxa related to hornbills

Upupa epops - Eurasian Hoopoe - Widespread Eurasia, Asia
Upupa africana - African Hoopoe - Widespread Africa
Upupa marginata - Madagascar Hoopoe - Madagascar