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African hoopoe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Upupidae
Genus: Upupa
Species:
U. africana
Binomial name
Upupa africana
Bechstein, 1811
Synonyms

Upupa epops africana

Distribution of Upupa species
     African hoopoe
     Eurasian hoopoe (breeding)
     Eurasian hoopoe (resident)
     Eurasian hoopoe (wintering)
     Madagascar hoopoe

The African hoopoe (Upupa africana) is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. Previously considered as a subspecies (Upupa epops africana) of the Eurasian hoopoe, it is a resident species of southern Africa.

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