In Tow, Hoopoes Are Searching Food On The Ground. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Hoopoe, strikingly crested bird found from southern Europe and Africa to southeastern Asia, the sole member of the family Upupidae of the roller order, Coraciiformes. The pictures uploaded here, I made in Henan and Hebei Provinces of China. The bird about 28 centimetres (11 inches) long, it is pinkish brown on the head and shoulders, with a long, black-tipped, erectile crest and black-and-white barred wings and tail. The hoopoe takes insects and other small invertebrates by probing the ground with its long, downcurved bill.