Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe is the most widespread species of hoopoe. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Upupidae
- Genus
- Upupa