Abundance: 0.01 to 1.73% (median 0.23%)

Latitudinal range: -26.2° to 53.4°

Habitats: (1), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (2), temperate wetland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

Found in 10 samples

France: Piémanson Beach

Greece: Antikythira Island (spring 1998)

Jordan: Azraq Wetland Reserve

Kazakhstan: Begash (Phase 3b) (Holocene)

Romania: Grindul Lupilor

Russia: Lake Turpanie

South Africa: Tonqani

Switzerland: Portalban (Wald)

Turkey: Dicle Ringing Station (spring 2004)

Zambia: Kabwe

See also Upupa africana, Upupa epops