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.
A hoopoe weighs from 46 to 89 grams (1.6-3.1oz).
There are nine subspecies of hoopoe, and a similar bird called the woodhoopoe.
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perching bird - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
A hoopoe has a long, flat black bill. It has a very distinctive crest which includes long reddish feathers with black tips. It's wings are also multi-colored with black specs over red feathers. Check out a photo at the link below in Related Links.
Giant Hoopoe was created in 1975.
Predators of the hoopoe include bigger birds as well as parasites.
The hoopoe makes a sound like 'oop-oop-opp.'
The scientific name for the hoopoe is Upupa epops.
A hoopoe weighs from 46 to 89 grams (1.6-3.1oz).
There are nine subspecies of hoopoe, and a similar bird called the woodhoopoe.
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Taxonomy of the hoopoe birdKingdom: Animalia Phylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: CoraciiformesFamily: UpupidaeGenus: UpupaSpecies: Upupa epops
The Hoopoe
The Afro-Eurasian bird known as the Hoopoe is pronounced either as hoo-poo /ˈhuːpuː/ or hoo poh.
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