Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– near passerine, size of Common Blackbird
– unmistakable wing-pattern
– diurnal migrant, probably nocturnal as well
– migrates singly

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops saturata, AD
BIF1607, 14/06/2014, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops saturata, AD
BIF1608, 14/06/2014, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops, 1CY
BIF1609, 03/07/2015, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops, 1CY
BIF1610, 03/07/2015, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops, 1CY
BIF1611, 03/07/2015, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops, AD
BIF1612, 24/06/2014, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops saturata, AD
BIF1613, 14/06/2014, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops, 1CY
BIF1614, 03/07/2015, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa e. epops
BIF1615, 30/07/2010, Kiskunsági, Hungary, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– usually nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

– unmistakable

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