Upupa epops is the scientific name for the hoopoe bird.
The Hoopoe
There are nine subspecies of hoopoe, and a similar bird called the woodhoopoe.
The Afro-Eurasian bird known as the Hoopoe is pronounced either as hoo-poo /ˈhuːpuː/ or hoo poh.
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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
The Golden eagle is the rarest native bird of prey in Britain
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.
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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.
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