Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird feeds young bird at nesting hole in tree, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Stock Photo

RMPA5WKT–Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird feeds young bird at nesting hole in tree, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

RMPA5WM4–Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird feeds young bird at nesting hole in tree, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

wildlife. hoopoe that feeds its young in the nest Stock Photo

RF2C6AB6K–wildlife. hoopoe that feeds its young in the nest

Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird in flight with prey, feeds young bird to nest in the tree, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Stock Photo

RMPA5WKW–Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird in flight with prey, feeds young bird to nest in the tree, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve

hoopoe (Upupa epops), perching at a hole in a wooden wall with a mole cricket in the bill, side view, Germany, Bavaria Stock Photo

RM2B34DYK–hoopoe (Upupa epops), perching at a hole in a wooden wall with a mole cricket in the bill, side view, Germany, Bavaria

Melton Mowbray, UK. 5th October, 2016. Cool dry day with winds, autumn colours a child feeds the wetland wilflife, friends walk in the park, Moore hen feeds her young brigh coloured bug feeds. Credit: Clifford Norton/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMH35AMC–Melton Mowbray, UK. 5th October, 2016. Cool dry day with winds, autumn colours a child feeds the wetland wilflife, friends walk in the park, Moore hen feeds her young brigh coloured bug feeds. Credit: Clifford Norton/Alamy Live News

hoopoe (Upupa epops), parents flying with feed in the bill at a hole in a wooden wall, side view, Germany, Bavaria Stock Photo

RM2B34DFR–hoopoe (Upupa epops), parents flying with feed in the bill at a hole in a wooden wall, side view, Germany, Bavaria

hoopoe (Upupa epops), handing out a caught mole cricket to juvenile in the nest, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl Stock Photo

RMTR6HAW–hoopoe (Upupa epops), handing out a caught mole cricket to juvenile in the nest, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl

hoopoe (Upupa epops), with prey at the breeding cave, Germany, Bavaria Stock Photo

RM2BD8405–hoopoe (Upupa epops), with prey at the breeding cave, Germany, Bavaria

African Hoepoe (Upupa africana), female leaving the nest after feeding, Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve Stock Photo

RMCNXYFC–African Hoepoe (Upupa africana), female leaving the nest after feeding, Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve

RMH35AM4–Melton Mowbray, UK. 5th October, 2016. Cool dry day with winds, autumn colours a child feeds the wetland wilflife, friends walk in the park, Moore hen feeds her young brigh coloured bug feeds. Credit: Clifford Norton/Alamy Live News

RMH35AMY–Melton Mowbray, UK. 5th October, 2016. Cool dry day with winds, autumn colours a child feeds the wetland wilflife, friends walk in the park, Moore hen feeds her young brigh coloured bug feeds. Credit: Clifford Norton/Alamy Live News