Hoopoe 
Upupa epops 
Variation is stepped with one subspecies 
(epops) breeding in Northwest Africa, 
Europe and western Siberia and migrating 
to tropical Africa, Arabia, the Middle 
East, and India; another subspecies is 
resident in Egypt, a third (satuvaius) 
is migratory in the eastern Palearctic 
and several others occur in Africa 
and southeast Asia. 
Habitat: Steppes, open areas in forested 
steppes and woodland, meadows, pasture- 
land, parks, cultivation,orchards, 
vineyards, gardens and desert oases. 
