Birds · Bucerotiformes · Upupidae
Upupa epops
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
As a unique defence mechanism, the incubating female produces a foul secretion that smells of rotting meat, an effective repellent against predators and parasites while she sits.
Weight
46 g – 89 g
Size
25 cm – 32 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
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Sources consulted: Ornithology.com · The Animal Facts · Birda (identification) · A-Z Animals · Animalia.bio · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · BTO Hoopoe · Birds of the World · Tandfonline (moult ageing study)
Best time: From March to September across much of Spain; in the south of the peninsula and in the Canaries there are resident populations that can be seen all year round.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 134.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Eurasian Hoopoe — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about eurasian hoopoe.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
