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Upupa epops
The hoopoe is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Saint Helena hoopoe, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. Like the Latin name upupa, the English name is an onomatopoeic form which imitates the cry of the bird. The hoopoe is the national bird of Israel.
Bharatpur - Dec 2014
Spotted on Dec 28, 2014
Submitted on Dec 30, 2014
13 Comments
Great spotting! Congratulations on SOTD!
Congrats on sotd!
Congrats marirs!
Beautiful capture Marirs,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing such a awesome spotting page
Congrats marirs!!
Congratulations !
Dear Yasser, thank you sincerely :)
Thank you also much for the encouragement and the kind likes and comments. ProjectNoah has been a great learning for me :)
BELLEZAS DE NUESTRA NATUALEZA
Well deserved marirs. Congrats on SOTD
Congratulations! This beautiful and distinctive hoopoe is our Spotting of the Day! Your collection of delightful photographs continues to grow and we thank you for sharing such beautiful wildlife with us. Congrats again!
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Beautiful birdie. I have also spotted some recently: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/116...
I've never seen on e of these before. A very unusual bird, Nicely spotted, Mamirs.