Eurasian Hoopoe
English name is an onomatopoeic for the cry
of the bird...widespread in Europe, Asia, No.
& sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
of the bird...widespread in Europe, Asia, No.
& sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Upupa epops
(L 10-11" WS 17-19"
Wt 1.6-3.1 oz)
Nairobi National Park
31Oct2014
Lake Naivasha Country Club
21Oct2014
flash photo
Has a distinctive “c
rown” of feathers.
rown” of feathers.
National bird of Israel
The hit-man, he gets rich
and lives beyond the scope
of the curious and the keen
much like the hoopoe which
is widespread throughout Europe
and seldom to be seen.
(Justin Quinn)
© Wikipedia
Upupa is Latin for Hoopoe;
Epops is Greeek for Hoopoe.
Epops is Greeek for Hoopoe.
© Peter
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