Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing, Aosta Valley, Italy

Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Aosta Valley, Italy

Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) stretching, Aosta Valley, Italy

Bence Mate / Hoopoe ( Upupa epops) in flight with blurred wings, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing, with lizard prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) courtship feeding, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May.

Thomas Hinsche / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) feeding chick in nest cavity, Saxony, Germany

Hermann Brehm / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) perched on branch with cricket prey, Hungary. June

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) raising crown and stretching wings and tail. Oman, March.

Pedro Narra / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) juvenile, Sado Estuary, Portugal. May

Pedro Narra / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with insect prey in beak, Sado Estuary, Portugal. May

Pedro Narra / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with insect prey in beak, Sado Estuary, Portugal. May