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).