Hoopoe

Hoopoe - Old World bird. In Eurasia, distributed throughout the west to east, in the middle and southern parts. In western and northern Europe, little or no nesting in the British Isles (known zalety incidental to the south of England), the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, and in the highlands of the Alps, Apennines and Pyrenees. In Germany and the Baltic distributed sporadically. In the European part of Russia nest south of the Gulf of Finland (south of Leningrad region), Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Republic of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. In West Siberia, rises to 56 ° with. Rd., reaching Tomsk and Achinsk. In eastern Siberia, the boundary area skirt Lake Baikal in the north, passes through South Muysky Ridge in Transbaikalia and falls to the 54th parallel in the basin of the Amur River. In the mainland of Asia outside Russia dwells almost everywhere, avoiding just deserts and areas of solid forest. Appears in the Japanese Islands, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. In the south-east to the southern part of peninsular Malaysia. There are occasional zalety on the island of Sumatra and Kalimantan. In Africa, the main area is located south of the Sahara, as well as in the far north along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In Madagascar, lives in the western, more arid parts. In the mountains usually occurs up to 2000 m above sea level, although in some cases rises to 3100 m.