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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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