oh the poor hoopoe, upupa epops, who featured so prominently in haroun as the colourful-feathered and venturous transport of the titular character, has a terrible reputation in the chinese-speaking world. 戴勝 is the name, but its common names include the ill-boding 墓坑鳥 and the abusive and misogynistic 臭婆娘. how shocking!