At 10:22 PM 11/12/95 -0500, you wrote:

>
>Gee Serge, my S. African bird book lists Upupa epops as a common resident.
> I've always thought of it as an African Hoopoe and as a resident of East and
>Southern Africa. I didn't know it migrated but then I'm usually there during
>the northern hemisphere Fall/Winter.

Mike,

I believe Upupa epops was recently split into southern and northern species
of Hoopoe. I don't remember the common names given them.

Scott

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