COMMON HOOPOE

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1009                      COMMON HOOPOE                 Upupa epops

NEPAL                    70            

Also known as European Hoopoe. 31 cm. Found in open country, cultivation, around villages and grassy alpine slopes. Fairly common, widespread resident, tend to be summer migrant in north

AFRICAN HOOPOE

327           AFRICAN HOOPOE          Upupa africanus

South Africa        (33)

Range across Europe, Tropical Asia, Madagascar and Africa except in western and central equatorial lowland forests. 25-29 cm, wingspan 44-48 cm, 65-67 g. Found in open and bushy areas, parks and gardens, thorn veld and riverine woodlands. Call distinctive 'hoo-poo' repeated 5 or 6 times.