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What does hoopoe mean?

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Noun
  1. An Old World bird, Upupa epops, known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.
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Orange headed thrush, Indian Pitta and resident birds such as oriole, spotted owlet and hoopoe can be sighted on this campus.
Except for the hoopoe and the walled-in hornbills, the young are fed by both parents.
The hoopoe is one of the most widely known and attractive breeding birds in our country.
The eggs are usually white but, in the hoopoe, may be olive, brownish, bluish, or greenish and are sometimes spotted.
Norfolk birders know the hoopoe as a spring and autumn passage migrant, but only in small numbers.
Feeding quietly, a hoopoe can be surprisingly difficult to detect on the ground especially when probing with long decurved bill.

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