Features& Description
The Eurasian Hoopoe, from its Latin name Upupa epops, is an exclusively insectivorous bird with a wingspan of around 48 cm.
The only one of its kind in France, it is one of the most remarkable and distinctive of all birds. Its orange buff plumage, its broad, rounded wings with wide black and white stripes and above all its erectile crest, lowered almost instantly when it lands, make it recognizable from all other birds.
Its narrow beak is long and curved downwards.
Habitat(Biotope)
The Eurasian Hoopoe enjoys crops and open, grassy areas, often freshly cut, grazed areas with copses, hedges and bushes (sometimes even vineyards and orchards).
Behavior& habits
The Eurasian Hoopoe is often on the ground hunting insects, particularly winged ants, which it loves in summer, as well as beetle and crane fly larvae, which it searches for in the soil.
Reproductionand immature
The Eurasian Hoopoe is monogamous and territorial. It seeks out a cavity in an old tree, a human structure or an old woodpecker nest.
The female lays 5 to 7 eggs, which are incubated for 16 days.
At 4 weeks old, the juveniles fly away…
Cryor Voice
His song is repeated several times, in a soft, cavernous “oupp-oupp-oupp” tone that carries far.
Fascist Hoopoe Pixabay
