Eurasian Hoopoe
Barbate Marsh
Costa de la Luz
09Sept2013
Only survivor of the family Upupidae...9
subspecies...widespread in Europe, Asia,
No. & sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Upupa epops
(L 9.8-12.6" WS 17.3-19"
Wt 1.6-3.1 oz)
The Book of the Glory of Kings and
the Bible are silent,
The noble Qu'ran tells the tale of the
ant and the hoopoe.
(A.D. Hope)