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Prefectural Natural Monument
Birds
Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
A distinctive orange bird with a fan-shaped crest that probes the ground for insects with its long, slender bill. In Japan it is mainly a passage migrant and is not common. In Nagano, the species is designated a Natural Monument of Nagano Prefecture.
- Scientific name
- Upupa epops
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- 日本語
- ヤツガシラ
- 简体中文
- 戴胜
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The Eurasian Hoopoe is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
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