Mike wrote:
> Serge wrote:
> >The Eurasian Hoopoe _Upupa epops_ (funny name eh!) is a migratory bird.
> >According to my European Birds guide, it should breed in Switzerland,
> >but it surely is comfortable in its winter quarters now.
>
>
> 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. Saw one near Victoria Falls at the end
> of October. Tahnks for the information.

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

Mike, I don't think it is incompatible that the East and South African
population would be resident, while the European population would be migratory.

Anyway, as Scott noted, there are now two species of Hoopoe (at least in
Sibley and Monroe list of birds of the world):
- the Eurasian Hoopoe _Upupa epops_
- the African Hoopoe _Upupa africana_


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