Hoopoe

allRefer Reference - Hoopoe, Vertebrate Zoology
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/H/hoopoe.html
Find out about the habitat, anatomy, distribution, diet, and characteristics of the old world woodland bird.

Birds of Britain - Hoopoe
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/hoopoe.htm
Pore over colour illustrations of the bird’s striking physical characteristics. Gives an account of its status in Britain.

British Garden Birds - Hoopoe
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/hoopoe.htm
Research tropical-looking bird with extraordinary two-inch curved beak that visits southern England in the summer. Listen to audio clip.

Creagruse at Monterey Bay - Hoopoes
http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/hoopoes.html
Digest long article identifying and discussing at least two different types of hoopoe. Supported by colour images.

Haryana Online - Common Hoopoe
http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/common_hoopoe.htm
Check out the bold black and white zebra-type pattern on the back of the hoopoe with colour photograph taken on the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary, India.

IslamOnline - Birds in the Quran: The Hoopoe
http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2002/09/article11.shtml
Read about how many times the hoopoe is mentioned in the Quran and read lengthy physical description of bird. Also colour photograph of its unusual head.

Lincolnshire Bird Club - Hoopoe
http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/hoopoe.htm
Study colour photography of rare visitor to eastern England shot by bird club enthusiast. Records photographers name, date, and location.

MangoVerde - Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec96-1.html
Learn about colourful bird with seven alternative names by browsing five colour images. Also available is a sound clip.

Pictures of Animals - African Hoopoe
http://www.bushveld.co.za/pictures-of-african-hoopoe.htm
Learn why the hoopoe, that is found across the whole of Africa, has developed a oddly long and curved beak. Includes colour image of bird in natural habitat.

Pictures of Animals - African Hoopoe
http://www.bushveld.co.za/pictures-of-african-hoopoe.htm
Check out why this hoopoe, that is found across the whole of Africa, has developed a oddly long and curved beak. Includes colour image of bird in natural habitat.

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