Lorraine Bennery / Violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) Lake Baringo, Kenya.

Melvin Grey / Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi) adult male hunting insects. Lakeside Fever Trees. Lake Naivasha, Kenya.

Rod Williams / Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) captive, from Sub-saharan Africa

Mike Wilkes / Green / Senegal wood-hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) perched in tree, calling, The Gambia, December

Richard Du Toit / Redbilled hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) pair, social preening. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Guy Edwardes / Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) perched in tree. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.