Eurasian hoopoe

Eurasian hoopoe
Individual in Almora, Uttarakhand, India with a raised crown
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (As the "common hoopoe")
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Bucerotiformes
Family:	Upupidae
Genus:	Upupa
Species:	U. epops
Binomial name
Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758

The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop".

The Eurasian hoopoe is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. Some ornithologists consider the Madagascar hoopoes as a subspecies. The African hoopoe, subspecies U. e. africana has sometimes been treated as a separate species.