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adult in flight European distribution adult feeding in dung

Identification

The Hoopoe is a bizarre creation with crazy black and white banding across its wings and tail, an eccentric black-tipped crest, long, down-curved bill and an orange coloured body. Its dramatic plumage is best seen when the bird flies with floppy, rounded, fingered wings, flicking like a big moth.

Habitat

Breeds in parks, orchards, copses and gardens.

Migration

Birds in northern latitudes migrate to elsewhere in Europe. Some also winter in north Africa.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Hoopoe is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

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Hoopoe breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canary Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madeira
Moldova
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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	Hoopoes	Monday 21st March 2005
	Exotic and guaranteed to attract a crowd, favourable conditions could see a number of these scarce migrants making landfall over the next few weeks.

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