common hoopoe (Upupa epops) Description
Plate 87.
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HOOPOE.
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Date 1909
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8453506852
Author John Maclair Boraston.
Full title British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification / by J. Maclair Boraston.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_birds_and_their_eggs_(Plate_87)_(8453506852).jpg
The hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. Upupa and epops are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe; both, like the English name, are onomatopoeic forms which imitate the cry of the bird.
