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n. - Type genus of the Hoopoes.

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  • Hoopoe bird (Upupa epops), Bryansky Les Zapovednik, Russia.
  • Upupa, it has its precise habit of flight and a good deal of its habits in looking for food, although the Hoopoe pokes about in the ground, or rather hammers the ground...
  • The dry karst grasslands above the caves hold several uncommon and threatened bird species: Circaetus gallicus, Caprimulgus europaeus, Upupa epops, Lullua arborea,...
  • The existence of protected birds such as the hoopoe (Upupa epops), pale rock sparrow
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