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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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Norfolk birders know the hoopoe as a spring and autumn passage migrant, but only in small numbers.
Except for the hoopoe and the walled-in hornbills, the young are fed by both parents.
The eggs are usually white but, in the hoopoe, may be olive, brownish, bluish, or greenish and are sometimes spotted.
Whether the following bird is meant for the hoopoe, or the Lapwing, I know not.
The Indian hoopoe is common in India but is only a migratory bird in the southeastern part of the region.
This probably explains the names of the chough, crake, hoopoe, kittiwake, pipit, shrike, twite and whimbrel.

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