Hoopoes and Wood-Hoopoes

Green Wood-Hoopoe

Green Wood-Hoopoe searching for insects underneath the bark of this tree

The Green Wood-Hoopoe’s colours are iridescent in certain light

African Hoopoe having a dustbath in Mashatu

African Hoopoe trying to rid itself of of mites

The African Hoopoe gets its name from the sound of its call – distinctive and pleasantly familiar

Beautiful colours of the African Hoopoe. A bird which forages mainly on the ground

African Hoopoe just after its dustbath in a road in Mashatu

The late afternoon sun just catching this African Hoopoe on a road in Mashatu

Common Scimitarbill on a perch next to the Ratelpan hide in Kruger Park

Common Scimitarbill on a perch next to the Ratelpan hide in Kruger Park

We often call these Green Wood-Hoopoes ‘cackling widows’ because of the cackling sound they make when they forage and display in groups

Green Wood-Hoopoes are able climbers and can comfortably go upside down underneath an overhanding branch

Adult Green Wood-Hoopoe searching for insects under the bark

Adult Green Wood-Hoopoe in my garden in Sandton, South Africa.

Adult Green Wood-Hoopoe in my garden in Sandton, South Africa.

Adult Green Wood-Hoopoe in my garden in Sandton, South Africa.

Adult Green Wood-Hoopoe in my garden in Sandton, South Africa.

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