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Hoopoes

By Charlie September 13, 2007 8 comments

Hoopoes Upupa epops - pronounced “hoo-poo” (both the colloquial and scientific names are onomatopoeic and based on the soft “hoop hoop” call) - are surely one of the Palearctic’s most characterful and unmistakeable birds. Breeding from southern Europe to Russia they are plentiful migrants throughout the eastern Gulf Emirates and States and are found commonly [...]