Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 140, August 2016, pp. 1-21.

8 15 to 18 days. Average lifespan of hoopoe in the wild is 10 years (Soft Schools). The Hoopoe in Gaza, Palestine in November 2014. Photo by my friend the Researcher Ayman Dardouna from Gaza, Palestine. The Reverend Henry Baker Tristram (1822 – 1906) writes in his reference book “The Survey of Western Palestine. The Fauna and Flora of Palestine” (1884): “Family Upupidae : Upupa epops. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 183. Hoopoe. Arab. ‫هدهد‬ Hudhud (from its cry). The Hoopoe, which leaves Palestine in winter, returns in the beginning of March; not seen in flocks, but suddenly spread over the whole country in pairs or in small parties. It resorts alike to the desert wadys, the woods, gardens, and villages, where it is very tame, feeding on dung-hills, Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 140 – August 2016

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