African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyUpupidae (Hoopoes)
- GenusUpupa (Hoopoes)
- SpeciesUpupa africana (African Hoopoe)
Closest Relatives at Meru National Park
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Tockus deckeni
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus flavirostris
Grant's Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus granti
Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Violet Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus minor
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of African Hoopoe at Meru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there