Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa, native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa.

Family
Hoopoes
Order
Bucerotiformes
Weight
67 g
Habitat
Grassland
Diet
Invertebrates
Migration
Migrant
Countries recorded
108

Recorded in Spain, France, India, Portugal, Israel, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, China, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Kenya, Bulgaria, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Egypt, Hungary, Morocco, Tanzania, Georgia, Romania, Iran, Cyprus, Austria, Nepal, Botswana, Namibia, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, Palestine, United Kingdom, Bhutan, Denmark, Oman, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Norway, Senegal, Pakistan, Armenia, Czechia, Jordan, Bangladesh, Estonia, Serbia, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Uganda, Switzerland, Qatar, Vietnam, Belgium, Mozambique, Slovenia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Slovakia, Tunisia, Moldova, Malawi, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Gambia, Hong Kong, Algeria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Lithuania, Albania, Lebanon, eSwatini, Latvia, Finland, Iraq, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Mauritania, Malta, Bosnia and Herz., Afghanistan, Japan, Angola, Djibouti, Sudan, Cameroon, EH, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, GI, Somalia, Rwanda, Libya, XK, Niger, Ireland.

Where to see it: Qasr Ahmed (Libya); Al Bidda Park (Qatar); Centre (Uzbekistan); Сквер 6-ї лікарні (6th city hospital garden square) (Ukraine); Emirates Bird Breeding Centre for Conservation (Uzbekistan).

Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons