hoopoe
bird about the size of a large dove, with a ginger colored head and body, black-and-white striped wings and tail, long slender slightly curved beak, and a long crest on its head, which it can erect into a fan shape; it has floppy wings and rises and falls as it flies; walks around on the ground looking for food; eats insects and their larvae, termites, worms, small frogs, and beetles; upupa epops; unclean, not to be eaten
“hoopoe.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/hoopoe
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