Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all were lumped as a single species—Upupa epops.
Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all were lumped as a single species—Upupa epops. Wikipedia
Mass: Eurasian hoopoe: 67 g Encyclopedia of Life
Scientific name: Upupidae
Family: Upupidae; Leach, 1820
Class: Aves
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Bucerotiformes