GREEN WOOD HOOPOE NEST, SOUTH AFRICA, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Pretoria, South Africa
- Source: Allen Birdcam
- Info: Live streaming green wood hoopoe webcam in South Africa. The green wood hoopoe is in a nest in a garden in Pretoria. The green wood hoopoe has a metallic dark green colouring with a purple back and a long diamond-shaped purple tail and long, thin, curved red bill.. There are white markings on the wings and white chevrons on the tail edges.
More info: The green wood hoopoe is a cooperative breeder and common resident in the forests, woodlands and suburban gardens of most of sub-Saharan Africa. It is found in groups of up to a dozen or so birds with only one breeding pair. The breeding female lays two to four blue eggs in a natural tree hole or old barbet nest and incubates them for about 18 days.
On hatching, the female and the nestlings are fed by the rest of the group, even after they have fledged and left the nest hole. The group is fearless in defence of the nestlings against intruders.
Additional Information :
Green Woodhoopoe - Phoeniculus purpureus - ebird.org
De Wets wild - Green Wood Hoopoe - dewetswild.com