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specimen #7255

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Hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes

Upupidae Upupa
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

subspecies U. e. epops (nominate subspecies)
age / gender 2nd cy
finding location Kaisariani, Greece
finding circumstances plucked feathers
finding date 14.04.2021
coll. 9103
Collection in Greece
created: 03.06.2021

remarks

Prey of a Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

measurements

longest primary H6=128,0mm
big individual
66% of max range of variation
118,5mm
133,0mm
longest secondary A1=107,0mm
longest retrix S5=118,0mm
biggest individual in collection
upper bound of range of variation
101,0mm
118,0mm
all values






A3 101.5mm
H9 100.0mm
H8 120.5mm
H7 126.5mm
H6 128.0mm
H5 127.5mm
H4 120.0mm
H3 110.0mm
H2 106.5mm
H1 104.0mm
A1 107.0mm
A2 105.0mm
H10 46.5mm
A4 98.5mm
A5 100.0mm
A6 96.0mm
A7 89.0mm
A8 76.5mm
A9 58.0mm
S2 115.5mm
S3 117.5mm
S4 117.5mm
S5 118.0mm
A10 37.5mm