Eurasian Hoopoe

SCI Name:  Upupa epops
Protonym:  Upupa Epops Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.117
Taxonomy:  Bucerotiformes / Upupidae / Upupa
Taxonomy Code:  hoopoe
Type Locality:  Europe = Sweden.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

UPUPA
(Upupidae; Ϯ Hoopoe U. epops) L. upupa  hoopoe  < Gr. εποψ epops,  εποπος epopos  hoopoe; "58. UPUPA.  Rostrum arcuatum, convexum, subcompressum   Lingua obtusa, integerrima, triquetra, brevissima." (Linnaeus 1758); "Upupa Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 117. Type, by tautonymy, Upupa epops Linné (Upupa, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters 1945, V, 247). Linnaeus's Upupa comprised four species (U. Epops, U. paradisea, U. Eremita, U. Pyrrhocorax). Since classicial times the Hoopoe’s name in many languages has been onomatopoeic of its distinctive and familiar call (e.g. Arabic Hudhud, Dutch Hop, French Huppe puput, Portuguese Poupa, Spanish Abubilla).
Var. Hupupa, Eupupa.
Synon. Epops, Epopsides.

upupa
L. upupa  hoopoe  < Gr. εποψ epops, εποπος epopos  hoopoe.
● ex “Huppe du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 697, Upupa varia Boddaert, 1783, and Upupa capensis J. Gmelin, 1788 (‡syn. Fregilupus varius).

epops
L. epops, epopis  hoopoe  < Gr. εποψ epops, εποπος epopos  hoopoe; "58. UPUPA.  ...  Epops.  1. U. cristata variegata.  Upupa. Fn. svec. 85. Bell. av. 72: a. Gesn. av. 776. Aldr. ornith. l. 17. c. 11. Jonst. av. . . t. 42. Will. ornith. 100. t. 24. Raj. av. 48. Alb. av. 2. p. 39. t. 42. 43. Frisch. av. t. 43. Charl. onom. 63. t. 63. Olin. av. 36.  Habitat in Europæ sylvis.  Terrefacta cristam erigit." (Linnaeus 1758) (Upupa).

Epops
(Upupidae; syn. Upupa † Eurasian Hoopoe U. epops) Specific name Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758; "Epops upupa, Hoopoo." (F. Morris 1837); "Epops F. O. Morris, 1837, The Naturalist (ed. N. Wood), II (9), p. 124.  New name for Upupa Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021) (see Seiren).

SUBSPECIES

Eurasian Hoopoe (Eurasian)
SCI Name: Upupa epops [epops Group]
UPUPA
(Upupidae; Ϯ Hoopoe U. epops) L. upupa  hoopoe  < Gr. εποψ epops,  εποπος epopos  hoopoe; "58. UPUPA.  Rostrum arcuatum, convexum, subcompressum   Lingua obtusa, integerrima, triquetra, brevissima." (Linnaeus 1758); "Upupa Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 117. Type, by tautonymy, Upupa epops Linné (Upupa, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters 1945, V, 247). Linnaeus's Upupa comprised four species (U. Epops, U. paradisea, U. Eremita, U. Pyrrhocorax). Since classicial times the Hoopoe’s name in many languages has been onomatopoeic of its distinctive and familiar call (e.g. Arabic Hudhud, Dutch Hop, French Huppe puput, Portuguese Poupa, Spanish Abubilla).
Var. Hupupa, Eupupa.
Synon. Epops, Epopsides.

Eurasian Hoopoe (Central African)
SCI Name: Upupa epops senegalensis/waibeli
UPUPA
(Upupidae; Ϯ Hoopoe U. epops) L. upupa  hoopoe  < Gr. εποψ epops,  εποπος epopos  hoopoe; "58. UPUPA.  Rostrum arcuatum, convexum, subcompressum   Lingua obtusa, integerrima, triquetra, brevissima." (Linnaeus 1758); "Upupa Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 117. Type, by tautonymy, Upupa epops Linné (Upupa, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters 1945, V, 247). Linnaeus's Upupa comprised four species (U. Epops, U. paradisea, U. Eremita, U. Pyrrhocorax). Since classicial times the Hoopoe’s name in many languages has been onomatopoeic of its distinctive and familiar call (e.g. Arabic Hudhud, Dutch Hop, French Huppe puput, Portuguese Poupa, Spanish Abubilla).
Var. Hupupa, Eupupa.
Synon. Epops, Epopsides.

Eurasian Hoopoe (African)
SCI Name: Upupa epops africana
africana
L. Africanus  African  < Africa   Africa (in antiquity a name originally restricted to the territory of Carthage, later extended to include most of North Africa, then, in modern times, to the whole of that vast continent).
● Egypt; ex “Sarcelle d’Égypte” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 1000, and “African Teal” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aythya nyroca).
● Cape of Good Hope; ex “Cape Curlew” of Latham 1785 (syn. Calidris ferruginea).
● Cape of Good Hope; ex “Choucou” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 38 < French chouette  owl; coucou  cuckoo (unident.;?syn. Ciccaba woodfordii).
● Cape of Good Hope; ex “Becassine du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 270 (syn. Rostratula benghalensis).
● Cape of Good Hope; ex “African Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Thalasseus sandvicensis).
● Malimbe and Cape of Good Hope; ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800 (subsp. Upupa epops).
● Cape of Good Hope; ex “Curruca naevia capitis bonae spei” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette tachetée du cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “African Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).