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Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Photo by April
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Field Notes

Description:

Bird with black and white stripes on wings, an orange crest, and a long pointed bill

Habitat:

Urban garden

Notes:

Bouganvillas and plumbagos in urban garden outside my office window, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar.

Reference Links:

Upupa epops Linnaeus 1758, Hoopoe

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (14)
lindistar
These birds are very common in the south of portugal. They run along the beach, then stop for a bit, and as soon as you get near them they are off again! Well in my case anyway!
VanessaVermaak
In South Africa we get the Upupa Africana. I can't seem to see any difference in the markings. Interesting
michaeladamsparks
Awesome! One of my favorite birds as well. Looks hilarious when running. Their range is huge though--most of Eurasia and Africa.
tarekdoha
I typed hodhod into my iphone and the auto spellchecker turned it into Joshua. what an odd digital world we live in.
eulalia rubio
...and met the Queen of Sheba, Bilqis. A beautiful story.
KhalifaAbdullahAl-mana
Nice picture ... We called it in arabic (hodhod) if you know tje story of prophet Soliman ... This bird guided prophet Soliman to Saba'a in Yeman
April
Hola bird lovers! Thanks for the comments.
eulalia rubio
mylyoung: I agree, these situations are funny (I have a good sense of humor). Hugs.
mylyoung
I hope you are not offended; I was merely amused at how your comment got translated. Cheers!
eulalia rubio
I was hoping that in any situation like this. But this is good if you guys have fun. Warm greetings
mylyoung
Cool! Never even heard of this. And I shouldn't laugh, but eularubio's (presumably "precioso") comment definitely got lost in translation...
lori.tas
Hoopoe! One of my favorite birds. Thanks for posting it here.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedNovember 16, 2010

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