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The '''Israeli hoopoe''', or the '''Eurasian hoopoe''' ''(Upupa epops epops)'', is a colourful [[bird]] that is found across [[Africa|Afro]]-[[Eurasia]], notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. | The '''Israeli hoopoe''', or the '''Eurasian hoopoe''' ''(Upupa epops epops)'', is a colourful [[bird]] that is found across [[Africa|Afro]]-[[Eurasia]], notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. | ||
It is the only living species in the family '''Upupidae'''. One insular species, the giant hoopoe of [[Saint Helena]], is recently extinct, and the [[Madagascar]] subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. The English name is derived from Latin ''upupa'', which imitates the cry of the bird. | It is the only living species in the family '''Upupidae'''. One insular species, the giant hoopoe of [[Saint Helena]], is recently extinct, and the [[Madagascar]] subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. The English name is derived from Latin ''upupa'', which imitates the cry of the bird. Within the ''Zionist Jewish'' entity of [[Israel]] ''(Judean Republic)'' it is the designate '''State bird of the Zion Nationalist [[Israel|Jewish State]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated Nationalist State bird and Awarded Avifaunae emblem of the [[State of Israel]]” respectively''}}. | ||
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The Israeli hoopoe, or the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops epops), is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers.
It is the only living species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the giant hoopoe of Saint Helena, is recently extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. The English name is derived from Latin upupa, which imitates the cry of the bird. Within the Zionist Jewish entity of Israel (Judean Republic) it is the designate State bird of the Zion Nationalist Jewish State[n 1].
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- ↑ “The Official designated Nationalist State bird and Awarded Avifaunae emblem of the State of Israel” respectively
