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| Hoopoe | |
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| Eurasian hoopoe Madrid, Spain | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Upupidae Leach, 1820 |
| Genus: | Upupa Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The hoopoe (Upupa epops), is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers.
It is the only living species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the giant hoopoe of Saint Helena, is recently extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. The English name is derived from Latin upupa, which imitates the "hoop-oop-oop" call of the bird.
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