African Hoopoe (Upupa africana)

The African Hoopoe is distributed throughout Africa, Europe, Tropical Asia and Madagascar.

The African Hoopoe is often found in gardens, savanna, woodland and thornveld.

Often seen on lawns where the hoopoe uses its long bill to probe for worms and termites.

The African Hoopoe nests in a hole that it finds almost anywhere - a hole in a tree - a hole in a bank - a hole in the ground. It does not make the hole itself.

The "Hoop-hoop" call made by the Hoopoe gives it its name.