---
title: "Common Hoopoe"
description: "Upupa epops — Birds. The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of hoopoe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-hoopoe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Hoopoe

> Upupa epops — Birds. The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of hoopoe.

- Scientific name: *Upupa epops*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 53494
- Wikidata: [Q25247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20969](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20969)

## Names

- en: Common Hoopoe
- de: Wiedehopf
- es: Abubilla común
- fr: Huppe fasciée
- nl: Hop
- pt: Poupa
- pl: Dudek zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

ES (7587), RU (4201), ZA (3489), PT (3299), FR (3233), IT (3131), IN (3004), CN (2173), TH (1348), EG (1167), GR (1148), IL (1134)

## Summary

The Eurasian hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of hoopoe. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow downcurved bill. Its call is a soft "oop-oop-oop". 
The Eurasian hoopoe is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. Some ornithologists consider the Madagascar hoopoe (U. marginata) as a subspecies. The African hoopoe, subspecies U. e. africana, has sometimes been treated as a separate species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_hoopoe

## Photo

![Common Hoopoe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-hoopoe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102071671

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-hoopoe?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).