Hoopoe

Upupa epops

One of the most striking and distinctive birds of the whole region. The Hoopoe is a bizarre creation with crazy black and white banding across its wings and tail, an eccentric black-tipped crest, long, down-curved bill and an orange coloured body. Its dramatic plumage is best seen when the bird flies with floppy, rounded, fingered wings, flicking like a big moth. Feeds in open gras land and nests in holes in trees or wals.

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