Hoopoe Bird Call and Pictures for Teaching BIRDSONG

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The Hoopoe /ˈhuːpuː/ (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird that is 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 a medium sized bird, 25--32 cm (9.8--12.6 in) long, with a 44--48 cm (17.3--19 in) wingspan weighing 46--89 g (1.6--3.1 oz). The species is highly distinctive, with a long, thin tapering bill that is black with a fawn base. The strengthened musculature of the head allows the bill to be opened when probing inside the soil. The hoopoe has broad and rounded wings capable of strong flight; these are larger in the northern migratory subspecies. The Hoopoe has a characteristic undulating flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly, caused by the wings half closing at the end of each beat or short sequence of beats.[6]

The call is typically a trisyllabic oop-oop-oop, which gives rise to its English and scientific names, although two and four syllables are also common. In the Himalayas, the calls can be confused with that of the Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) although the cuckoo typically produces four notes. Other calls include rasping croaks, when alarmed, and hisses. A wheezy note is produced by females during courtship feeding by the male.[8] Both genders, when disturbed, call a rough charrrrrr, strongly reminiscent of the warning cry of the Eurasian Jay. The food begging call of the nestlings is similar to a Common Swift
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Normally on Saturday mornings this guy turns my morning into something special....while he is hooop hoopoing...a dove sings along and the sparrows.... nature for you

isaacoratile
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I heard one near my home in Rhodes this morning! This clip confirms it, thanks. We often see them too, but have never before heard their call.

HonoraryGreek
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Just truly amazing, what a wonderful piece of nature

Autism-it-just-is
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Sounds like locking and unlocking a car multiple times in a row

andreashoppe
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Thank you for posting this! Just heard it a minute ago and came to reconfirm, as my DD and I saw one on Filopappou Hill in Athens and took a very grainy close up. Finally found a photo of one on the internet last night.

taniakol
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I got woken up this morning by it! Annoying noise, my husband said is a truck in reverse...by the time I got my phone to take a picture, it flew away. I was upset..Thanks to this post with distinctive call, I know its a same bird...and those stripes wow

brankica
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Love this bird! Thank you for this video!

karenelizabethfoster
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Just had a visit by one in our garden in Monte Estoril, Portugal! he is resting on worms in the grass lawn!

urapazote
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What a beautiful bird....have heard it sing and have quite a few visiting our backyard....but only found out today what its name is.

juanitadejager
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طير النبي سليمان ما اجمله Prophet Suleiman's Bird such beauty

xNTFXx
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so now I know who is driving me crazy lol I live in Monsanto Portugal (Cidral) and these birds are just amazing but they drive us nuts with the continuous sound it makes but, I would not swap it for a million euros

hojedias
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Beautiful call!

But... for some reason All i get in my head is the Holby city theme tune (british series) look it up if you don’t know what i mean :P

I could just imagine this replacing some of the instrumentals

planes
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I like to do bird watching at Chintheche Inn and I likes African Hooppe, Blue spotted dove, Mourning Dove, Woodland Kingfisher, Palm Vulture, Yellow Weaver, Brown Throated Weaver, Senegal Coucal, African Fish Eagle, White Breasted Cormorants .

wesleyyegama
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Today 1 of them at my windows,
make a sound like attacking cat😳
I scared lol after that, singing like this video 😂

davidm
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Hoopoes a bird mentioned in Deuteronomy and Leviticus In The Holy Bible. Amazing sound...
Closely sounds like a Mourning Dove...to me.

pattyoconnell
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That's what she says... Hoopoe hoopoe hoopoe...

LeonardoAero
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It's a cruel thing to give such a sad song to such a colorful creature.

shgecko
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Beautiful bird but gosh that sound becomes irritating after about 2 seconds! lol

normagilpin
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Soon, these comments will be filled with MTG players talking about Friday Nights.

chaotixspark
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Can anyone please tell me whats the name of the bird in the back ground ??

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