(Eurasian) © Rhys Marsh eBird S25574203 Macaulay Library ML 40358641
(Eurasian) © Albin Jacob
(Eurasian) © Jas Meren
(Central African) © Stefan Hirsch
(African) © Robert Johnson
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(Eurasian) © Daniel Jauvin
(Central African) © Jay McGowan
(African) © Holger Teichmann
(Eurasian) © Win Nwe

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

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Identification

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Utterly unmistakable orange bird with a zebra-striped wings, a Chinese fan of a crest (usually held closed, but often raised just after landing), and a rapier of a bill. Favors semiopen habitats such as heathland, farmland, orchards, grassy lawns, where it feeds on the ground, probing with its long bill for insects. Flight fast and fairly direct, with rather deep wingbeats. Unlikely to be confused, but flight pattern and round wings may loosely resemble that of woodpeckers; note far longer and thinner bill. Song is a distinctive “hoopoopoo.”

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