African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) [XC396426]
by Jorge de Leon Cardozo & Susan Hochgraf from Marich Pass Field Studies Centre, Kenya (song)
African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) [XC516057]
by Frank Lambert from Red Sounds Country Lodge, Gamagara Local Municipality, Kalahari District Council, Northern Cape, South Africa (song)
Nest
In a hole of a tree, but occasionaly in a hole in a building or wall, sometimes lined with grass.
Subspecies
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) and African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Upupa epops, but Madagascar Hoopoe (Upupa marginata) has been split from this taxon following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops).