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Upupa (hoopoe)

Reptilia - Bucerotiformes - Upupidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Upupa Linnaeus
1975Upupa Olson p. 32
1988Upupa Carroll
2002Upupa Mlikovsky p. 76
2008Upupa Burney et al. p. 18
2014Upupa del Hoyo et al.
2017Upupa Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderBucerotiformesFürbringer 1888
familyUpupidaeBonaparte 1831
genusUpupa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Upupa Linnaeus 1758 [hoopoe]
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†Upupa antaios Olson 1975 [Saint Helena hoopoe]
Upupa epops Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian hoopoe]
Upupa marginata Cabanis and Heine 1860 [Madagascar hoopoe]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:36:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:36:24
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Upupa marginata (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Upupa marginata (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Upupa epops (215376 215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Upupa antaios (176072) Upupa epops (194245)