Hoopoe or Tabobo steppe beauty

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Noticias:

The hoopoe (Upupa epops), also known as tabobo, is a bird that, due to one of the habitats it occupies, we could classify it as steppe. It has ochre tones in the anterior half of the body, and black and white lists in the posterior half of the back. Its length ranges from 26 to 28 centimeters. It has a wingspan of between 42 and 46 centimeters.

 

Both sexes are very similar, although the male has the orange color of the chest of a more intense tone. On her head she wears a striking crest, ochre and with black tips, which she usually unfolds when perching, when she is restless or during courtship. It has a long and slightly curved beak, the tail is broad and black, crossed by a white band.

 

It feeds on invertebrates, especially larvae and small lizards.

 

It inhabits more or less desert environments and cultivation areas. It nests in holes or hollows in walls, walls of ravines, abandoned houses, between rocks, and even between roots or in the trunk of trees. It is a partially migratory species.

 

We can find it all over the island.

 

In the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species it is classified under a special protection regime.

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[windermeregolfer]

Well I discovered yesterday that Hoopoe birds nest in the most unusual of places, in the rocks that form the kerbs around the paths of the golf course, the colourings blend so well with the colours of the rocks, what a treat to see the adults feeding the 3 young -