The Afro-Eurasian bird known as the Hoopoe is pronounced either as hoo-poo /ˈhuːpuː/ or hoo poh.
There are two ways. The primary way is: hoo-poo. The other way it is pronounced is: hoo - poh.
The scientific name for the hoopoe is Upupa epops.
The Hoopoe
There are nine subspecies of hoopoe, and a similar bird called the woodhoopoe.
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Israel's national bird is the Hoopoe. For the article in the Haaretz newspaper, as well as a good, clear photograph of a Hoopoe, see the Related Link.
perching bird - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
Hearing the HoopoeA click on either of the Related Links below will take you to a website at which you can hear the sound of a hoopoe in song.
A hoopoe flies. It's a bird and it isn't flightless. Although, they do prefer to stay lower to the ground. They don't build their nests too high in the trees.
Hudhud, also called hoopoe, is a kind of bird found across Afro-Eurasia. It is notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the national bird of Israel.
The Palestine Sunbird or Northern Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris oseus) is the national bird of the country, not the animal, and the national animal is the Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella).