African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) [XC401686]
by Dawie de Swardt from Auob River Valley, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (call)
African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) [XC584014]
by paulo kivuyo from Ditsobotla Local Municipality, Ngaka Modiri Molema, North West, South Africa (call)
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).