African hoopoe
| African hoopoe | |
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| Species: | U. africana
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| Upupa africana Bechstein, 1811
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Upupa epops africana | |
The African hoopoe (Upupa africana) is a species of hoopoe in the Upupidae family. Previously considered as a subspecies (Upupa epops africana) of the hoopoe, due to its vocalisations and small differences in plumage, but it is otherwise similar to the rest of the species.
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