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02600968 The Hoopoe.
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The Hoopoe. This bird measures 26 to 32 cm in length (beak: 5 to 6 cm) for a wingspan of about 45 cm and a mass of 60 to 80 g. for a wingspan. First flight, four others will follow.
Its longevity is about 11 years. The hoopoe is a medium-sized bird, with orange plumage (female slightly duller), barred with black and white on the wings and tail. It has an erectile crest, long, orange, ending in black. Its beak is long, thin and curved. Its wings are wide and rounded, and its legs short but powerful. It is not a very shy bird but keeps a good distance from the human observer. Essentially insectivorous, the hoopoe captures the vast majority of its prey on the ground. Various species of insects (beetles, crickets, ants, mole crickets, caterpillars, various larvae, etc.) and small invertebrates (millipedes, slugs, snails whose shells she breaks) are on her menu, but she especially looks for insects colonizing the dung and droppings of mammals, which it catches with its long curved beak. It also occasionally catches insects in flight and on or in dead wood on the ground and on foot. It also feeds on grasshoppers, crickets and small snakes. The ancient Egyptians called her “the purifier of Egypt”. The hoopoe will nest in a hole in a tree or a rock. It sometimes occupies certain buildings (sheepfolds, farms and even modern pavilions), as well as artificial nesting boxes and frequently old woodpecker lodges, but is often content with a crevice where the opening is reduced to a simple crack. The droppings that the parents do not remove make predators flee by their smell. In Europe, the hoopoe makes one, sometimes two broods per year. The laying takes place in May-June: the 5-6 eggs, greyish-white or greenish, are laid on the ground covered with some light material (feathers or moss). The incubation is around 16 to 18 days The Hoopoe lives in warm and temperate regions of the Old World. It frequents gardens, orchards and vineyards as well as open areas of bare earth or grass. open ground where it can easily feed European hoopoes generally migrate as far as tropical Africa to pass the bad season in the northern hemisphere. Wintering is rare and accidental in France, the rare cases reported probably concern injured or weakened birds. In France, its arrival is early, recorded from the end of February in the South, in March or April in the more northern regions. It leaves these latitudes as soon as it has finished nesting, in August and more rarely in September.
Its longevity is about 11 years. The hoopoe is a medium-sized bird, with orange plumage (female slightly duller), barred with black and white on the wings and tail. It has an erectile crest, long, orange, ending in black. Its beak is long, thin and curved. Its wings are wide and rounded, and its legs short but powerful. It is not a very shy bird but keeps a good distance from the human observer. Essentially insectivorous, the hoopoe captures the vast majority of its prey on the ground. Various species of insects (beetles, crickets, ants, mole crickets, caterpillars, various larvae, etc.) and small invertebrates (millipedes, slugs, snails whose shells she breaks) are on her menu, but she especially looks for insects colonizing the dung and droppings of mammals, which it catches with its long curved beak. It also occasionally catches insects in flight and on or in dead wood on the ground and on foot. It also feeds on grasshoppers, crickets and small snakes. The ancient Egyptians called her “the purifier of Egypt”. The hoopoe will nest in a hole in a tree or a rock. It sometimes occupies certain buildings (sheepfolds, farms and even modern pavilions), as well as artificial nesting boxes and frequently old woodpecker lodges, but is often content with a crevice where the opening is reduced to a simple crack. The droppings that the parents do not remove make predators flee by their smell. In Europe, the hoopoe makes one, sometimes two broods per year. The laying takes place in May-June: the 5-6 eggs, greyish-white or greenish, are laid on the ground covered with some light material (feathers or moss). The incubation is around 16 to 18 days The Hoopoe lives in warm and temperate regions of the Old World. It frequents gardens, orchards and vineyards as well as open areas of bare earth or grass. open ground where it can easily feed European hoopoes generally migrate as far as tropical Africa to pass the bad season in the northern hemisphere. Wintering is rare and accidental in France, the rare cases reported probably concern injured or weakened birds. In France, its arrival is early, recorded from the end of February in the South, in March or April in the more northern regions. It leaves these latitudes as soon as it has finished nesting, in August and more rarely in September.
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