Saint Helena Giant Hoopoe
Upupa antaios
- Extinct
- Card rarity: Extinct
- Birds
The Saint Helena hoopoe, also known as the Saint Helena giant hoopoe or giant hoopoe, is an extinct species of hoopoe known exclusively from an incomplete subfossil skeleton. Once endemic to the island of Saint Helena, it was last seen around 1550, likely driven to extinction by various aspects of human activity.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Upupidae
- Genus
- Upupa