What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Eurasian Hoopoe been recorded?

Upupa epops occurrence evidence comes from 29,056 records in 84 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe — Photo (display-sized rendition): Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesBucerotiformesUpupidaeUpupa

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

29,056 records across 84 countries and territories, 1830–2026.

Upupa epops · GBIF taxon key 2498415

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: April.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18302026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Eurasian Hoopoe has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Eurasian Hoopoe. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 15,926
Spain 8,230
Belgium 1,028
Germany 794
Austria 602
South Korea 574
Ukraine 502
China 206
India 174
Russia 116
Afghanistan 77
Mongolia 63
Uganda 57
Israel 51
Italy 48
Portugal 48
Greece 47
Romania 43
France 42
Egypt 39
Thailand 38
Senegal 35
Kuwait 27
Iran 23
Türkiye 19
Armenia 16
United Kingdom 15
Jordan 15
Kenya 15
Bulgaria 14
Iraq 14
South Africa 14
Pakistan 9
Luxembourg 8
United Arab Emirates 7
Kazakhstan 6
Sri Lanka 6
Morocco 6
United States 6
Croatia 5

Showing the top 40 of 84 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Upupidae.

African Hoopoe
African Hoopoe
199 records
Madagascar Hoopoe
Madagascar Hoopoe
41 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.