English: Eurasian Hoopoe, Common Hoopoe
Russian: Удод
German: Wiedehopf
French: Huppe fasciee
Mongolian: Бөвөөлжин өвөөлж
Japanese: ヤツガシラ (Yatsugashira)

Body length: 26-32 cm
Wing span: 44-48 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 5-8
Egg colour: Greyish, yellowish or olive or more greenish spots.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Insects and their larvae, spiders, earth worms, and other invertebrates.

Habitat: Nests in tree holes, crevices of cliffs, and rocks, and cracks and crevices of, man-made structures in high mountains, mountain forests, forest steppe, plains and river valleys. The nest is cavity, usually unlined, but a times with a sparse lining of plants, feathers, wool and droppings.