Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Order: CORACIIFORMES
Family: UPUPIDAE Hoopoe
Scientific name: Upupa epops
English name: Hoopoe
Characteristic: Size 31 cm. Readily identified by having a slender downly-curved bill and black and white plumage. Its crest is exceptionally long, reddish brown and black-tipped; all feathers usually lie flat and drooping from its head, when being excited, they will be fanned up on the head.
Distribution: Africa, Europe, India, China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo and SE Asia.
Habitat: Dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, scrub forest and some agricultural areas.
Habit: Usually observed either climbing up the tree trunk in a woodpecker style or foraging on the forest floor. Its preferred diet is composed of insects and amall vertebrates. Breeding time falls between March-June; constructing its nest in a tree cavity or an earthen burrow; in whivh a normal clutch of 5-7 eggs will be laid.
Status: A common resident. Mostly found seeking for food among the dwarf bamboo thickets in the dipterocarp forest.
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