Upupa africana  African Hoopoe  Hoephoep
African Hoopoe
Waterberg Game Park, Sep 2022

A breeding resident. Common and widespread across the Waterberg, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (63% in, 37% out; recorded in 86% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents both open and wooded country; single birds are mostly encountered, typically detected when disturbed and flushed from the ground where they have been foraging. Breeds in summer.
African Hoopoe Waterberg distribution
African Hoopoe
Modimolle, Nov 2014


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