The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) belongs to the hoopoe family (Upupidae), a bird family classified in the order Bucerotiformes along with the woodhoopoes (Phoeniculidae). The previous classification under the Coraciiformes order is no longer common. Depending on the scientific perspective, there are between five and ten subspecies, with African hoopoes, which were previously considered subspecies of Upupa epops, now regarded as separate species, except for the subspecies found in Egypt.