Spring is a fascinating time of the year in the eastern Igdir province of Turkey as Upupa epops visit the region. Each year Upupa epops(Eurasian hoopoe) migrating ...

Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops, also known as the common hoopoe or simply as the hoopoe, photographed at Lake Hora, Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia (Africa). NOTE: this image has been altered. It has been cropped ...

Researchers at the University of Granada and the CSIC have found that hoophoes (Upupa epops) cover their eggs with a certain fat which they produce themselves Researchers from the University of ...

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If you have visited the Flying Heritage Collection, you had to wonder about that odd name painted on the nose of the P-51 Mustang. Upupa epops is the scientific name for the Hoopoe Bird. It’s a very ...

A PAIR of hoopoes (Upupa epops) are currently breeding in the Taiping Lake Gardens. Rarely seen in Malaysia, the colourful birds were spotted at the lake gardens in the middle of April.