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Upupa epops
Medium sized bird, 25–32 cm long, with a 44–48 cm wingspan. It is highly distinctive, with a long, slim, slightly curved black bill, with a white-yellowish base. Very characteristic by its unique fan-shaped black-tipped crest, which may also be fanned in flight. It has a pinkish to pink-beige head and body (juvenile duller), with black and white barred back and wings, and a broad white band on the black tail. In flight it shows a broad white band on outer wings and a small white rump in the back. The Hoopoe has a characteristic undulating flight, caused by the wings half closing at the end of each beat or short sequence of beats. It walks on ground, probing and picking with bill, taking grubs, insects, and worms. The call is typically a trisyllabic oop-oop-oop, which gives rise to its English, Spanish and scientific names.
Spotted on a pine tree.
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/500sec.; f/11; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.
Spotted on Mar 7, 2014
Submitted on Mar 18, 2014
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