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Eurasian Hoopoe

Also known as Upupa epops, common hoopoe, hoopoe

species of bird

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The Eurasian Hoopoe (*Upupa epops*) is a species of bird within the family Upupidae. It belongs to the order Coraciiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is the nomenclatural type of the genus *Upupa*. It is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2020.

This diurnal organism has a wingspan of 44 and an egg incubation period of 15 days. The average litter size is 5.7. Its range includes Hefei, China, the Nanling Mountains, and Africa. The species has received the award Bird of the Year. It is referenced by 282 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyUpupidae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Upupa
Award: Bird of the Year
Image: Common Hoopoe Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Upupa epops
Commons category: Upupa epops
Commons gallery: Upupa epops
wingspan: 44
litter size: 5.7
egg incubation period: 15
taxon common name: poupa-comum
different from: Dudek
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
taxon range: Africa
diel cycle: diurnality
nomenclatural type of: Upupa

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Encyclopedic overview

Distribution of Upupa species Eurasian hoopoe (breeding) Eurasian hoopoe (resident) Eurasian hoopoe (wintering) Madagascar hoopoe African hoopoe

The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eurasian Hoopoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.