{"id":25425,"date":"2012-11-05T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:01","slug":"hoopoe-upupa-epops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoopoe Upupa epops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hoopoe, Upupa epops, is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive &#8216;crown&#8217; of feathers. It is the only species in the family Upupidae.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Eurasian Hoopoe\u00a0<i>Upupa\u00a0epops<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-297-25425\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8423\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/hoopoe_1.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)\" alt=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoopoe_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8422\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/hoopoe_0.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (04)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (04)\" alt=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoopoe_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2218\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/hoopoe-upupa-epops-3.jpg\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoopoe-upupa-epops-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2217\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/hoopoe-upupa-epops-2.jpg\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoopoe-upupa-epops-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2216\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/hoopoe-upupa-epops-1.jpg\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoopoe (Upupa epops) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoopoe-upupa-epops\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoopoe-upupa-epops-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hoopoe, Upupa epops, is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive &#8216;crown&#8217; of feathers. 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