Hoopoes (/ˈhuːpuː, ˈhuːpoʊ/) are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living... 37 KB (3,966 words) - 20:04, 18 April 2024 |
The wood hoopoes or scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds. They live south of the Sahara Desert and are not... 8 KB (677 words) - 11:41, 28 February 2024 |
The African hoopoe (Upupa africana) is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. Previously considered as a subspecies (Upupa epops africana) of the... 12 KB (1,278 words) - 01:20, 10 February 2024 |
order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes... 11 KB (868 words) - 01:51, 2 January 2024 |
The Madagascar hoopoe (Upupa marginata) is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. It was previously considered a subspecies (Upupa epops marginata)... 6 KB (628 words) - 09:29, 9 October 2022 |
The forest wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic,... 1 KB (63 words) - 05:41, 6 November 2022 |
Hudhud (English: Hoopoe, Arabic: الهدهد, Turkish: Ibibik, Persian: هدهد, Urdu: ہوپو / ہد ہد) was, according to the Quran, the messenger and envoy of the... 8 KB (803 words) - 22:58, 18 August 2023 |
The violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania.... 3 KB (264 words) - 21:03, 15 March 2024 |
Alaemon (redirect from Hoopoe-lark) Alaemon is a genus of birds in the family Alaudidae, commonly called hoopoe larks. The name Alaemon comes from the Greek alēmōn, meaning "wanderer" (from... 4 KB (207 words) - 04:49, 4 January 2024 |
The Hawker Hoopoe was a British prototype naval fighter aircraft designed and built in 1927 by Hawker Aircraft. Service trials found the aircraft to be... 5 KB (355 words) - 17:17, 13 August 2022 |
The hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa (Akialoa upupirostris) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae... 2 KB (186 words) - 08:57, 16 April 2023 |
Black scimitarbill (redirect from Black Wood Hoopoe) black scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), also known as the black wood hoopoe, is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola... 2 KB (107 words) - 14:38, 4 May 2023 |
The black-billed wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is native to eastern Africa where it is found... 4 KB (418 words) - 02:12, 25 January 2024 |
in the Targum Sheni to Esther (see: Colloquy of the Queen of Sheba). A hoopoe informed Solomon that the kingdom of Sheba was the only kingdom on earth... 59 KB (7,112 words) - 07:30, 25 April 2024 |
their close relatives the ground hornbills) are allied with the hoopoes and wood-hoopoes. Hornbills show considerable variation in size and colors. The... 34 KB (3,601 words) - 09:45, 11 April 2024 |
Belqeys (the queen of Sheba) reclining in a garden, facing the hoopoe, Solomon's messenger Persian miniature (c. 1595), tinted drawing on paper... 164 KB (18,964 words) - 12:19, 26 April 2024 |
The white-headed wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. The bird's scientific species name bollei honors Carl... 4 KB (436 words) - 01:26, 3 March 2024 |
epops (ἔποψ), the hoopoe, the "watcher". A fragment of Callimachus' Aitia ("Origins") appears to ask, "Why, at Sicyon, is it the hoopoe, and not the usual... 6 KB (747 words) - 22:10, 7 December 2023 |