Editing Hoopoe (section)

===Species===
Formerly considered a single species, the hoopoe has been split into two separate species: the [[Eurasian hoopoe]] and the  [[Madagascar hoopoe]].  One accepted separate species, the [[Saint Helena hoopoe]], lived on the island of [[St Helena]] but became extinct in the 16th century, presumably due to introduced species.<ref name="St Helena">{{cite book |last=Olson |first=Storrs |title=Paleornithology of St Helena Island, south Atlantic Ocean |year=1975 |series=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=23 |url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Paleobiology/pdf_lo/SCtP-0023.pdf }}</ref>

The genus ''Upupa'' was created by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] in his ''Systema naturae'' in 1758. It then included three other species with long curved bills:<ref name="Linnaeus 1758"/>

* ''U. eremita'' (now ''Geronticus eremita''), the [[northern bald ibis]]
* ''U. pyrrhocorax'' (now ''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax''), the [[red-billed chough]]
* ''U. paradisea''

Formerly, the [[greater hoopoe-lark]] (''Alaemon alaudipes'') was also considered to be a member of this genus (as ''Upupa alaudipes'').<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3E4513D9B079B399 |title=Alaemon alaudipes |website=[[Avibase]] |access-date=2016-11-17 }}</ref>

====Extant species====
Two extant species are recognised:<ref name=ioc/>
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! Image !! Scientific name !! Common Name !! Distribution
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|[[File:Hoopoe with insect.jpg|120px]] || ''Upupa epops'' || [[Eurasian hoopoe]] ||Europe, Asia, and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
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|[[File:Madagascar Hoopoe - Ankarafantsika - Madagascar S4E9386 (15110965529).jpg|120px]] || ''Upupa marginata'' || [[Madagascar hoopoe]] ||Madagascar
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