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Eurasian Hoopoe
© Harshith JV
This reaction was seen when the Black Drongo was mobbing it. The hoopoe opens up its crest when it gets excited or when it feels threatened. Here it was reacting to a drongo that came close to it. The white on crests (below the black tips) confirms it as a migratory sub-species to India.
Common names: Hoopoe, Common Hoopoe, Eurasian Hoopoe
Scientific name: Upupa epops, Upupa epops cf. epops (nominate race that is migratory to Indian subcontinent)
Place: Mangalore, Karnataka
Date: November 09, 2018
File name: IMG_1261.enhanced.upload.JPG
Eurasian Hoopoe
© Harshith JV
This reaction was seen when the Black Drongo was mobbing it. The hoopoe opens up its crest when it gets excited or when it feels threatened. Here it was reacting to a drongo that came close to it. The white on crests (below the black tips) confirms it as a migratory sub-species to India.
Common names: Hoopoe, Common Hoopoe, Eurasian Hoopoe
Scientific name: Upupa epops, Upupa epops cf. epops (nominate race that is migratory to Indian subcontinent)
Place: Mangalore, Karnataka
Date: November 09, 2018
File name: IMG_1261.enhanced.upload.JPG