| African hoopoe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Upupidae |
| Genus: | Upupa |
| Species: | U. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Upupa africana Bechstein, 1811
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| Synonyms | |
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Upupa epops africana | |
African hoopoe
Eurasian hoopoe (breeding)
Eurasian hoopoe (resident)
Eurasian hoopoe (wintering)
Madagascar hoopoe
The African hoopoe (Upupa africana) is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. Previously considered as a subspecies (Upupa epops africana) of the Eurasian hoopoe, it is a resident species of southern Africa.