The Key to Scientific Names
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Eupupa (See: UPUPA)
UPUPA (Upupidae; Ϯ Eurasian Hoopoe U. epops) L. upupa hoopoe < Gr. εποψ epops, εποπος epopos hoopoe; "58. UPUPA. Rostrum arcuatum, convexum, subcompressum Lingua obtusa, integerrima, triquetra, brevissima." (Linnaeus 1758); "Upupa Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 117. Type, by tautonymy, Upupa epops Linné (Upupa, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 247). Linnaeus's Upupa comprised four species (U. Epops, U. paradisea, U. Eremita, U. Pyrrhocorax). Since classicial times the Hoopoe’s name in many languages has been onomatopoeic of its distinctive and familiar call (e.g. Arabic Hudhud, Dutch Hop, French Huppe puput, Portuguese Poupa, Spanish Abubilla).
Var. Hupupa, Eupupa.
Synon. Epops, Epopsides.- upupa
L. upupa hoopoe < Gr. εποψ epops, εποπος epopos hoopoe.
● ex “Huppe du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 697, Upupa varia Boddaert, 1783, and Upupa capensis J. Gmelin, 1788 (‡syn. Fregilupus varius).
