Family Upupidae (Noun)
Meaning
Hoopoes.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Hoopoes comprise the family Upupidae, a group of near-passerine birds in the order Bucerotiformes.
- The hoopoe's unique crest and distinctive "oop" calls are characteristic of the family Upupidae.
- Researchers have been studying the family Upupidae to better understand the evolutionary history of hoopoes.
- Some taxonomists have suggested that the family Upupidae may be more closely related to woodhoopoes than previously thought.
- Hoopoes are part of the family Upupidae, which consists of only one genus, Upupa, and three species.