Did you know that there is a bird called "the most common special bird"? Yeah, it's a common hoopoe. It's special because of how it looks and how it smells.

The birds live in mountains, plains, forests, forest margins, roadsides, river valleys, farmland, grassland, villages, orchards, and other open areas, especially in forest margins cultivated land habitat is more common. They feed on insects and make nests in holes in trees. The crest rises when there is a warning and relaxes when it takes off.

They breed in May and June every year. They choose natural tree holes holed by woodpeckers to build nests and lay eggs. Sometimes they also build nests in cracks in rocks, dikes, and holes in broken walls and debris. Each litter lays 5-9 eggs. It is mainly distributed in Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

The color of the bird is very interesting. The head, neck, and breasts are light brown and chestnut. The crest is dark and black at the tip. The chest also has a faint, dark red. The abdomen is white. The iris is brown or reddish brown. The mouth and feet are black.

When it comes to the hoopoe, it has to be said that it has an impressive smell. The Hoopoe is very smelly, which also has to do with its living habits. The hoopoe feeds on animal droppings. In wild environments, insect larvae and worms naturally grow in large numbers in animal feces. The birds, which need a lot of protein, pick up the stink while foraging for food.

In addition, the bird's nest is usually a natural or abandoned tree hole. Young hoopoes live in tree holes every day. Adult hoopoes do not clean their nests like other birds. Young will naturally pick up the smell when they grow up.

Female hoopoes secrete a black oily substance from glands in their tails while incubating their eggs. According to research, the oily substance promotes incubation and sterilizes the eggs, making them hatch more smoothly. Oily material and excrement mixed, the smell is not describable.

Some people confuse the hoopoe with the woodpecker, but they are not the same. The first is that they belong to different programmatic categories. The hoopoes are a class of birds, and the woodpeckers are a subclass of today's birds. The second is that they eat different things.

Hoopoes eat grass bugs and seeds, and woodpeckers are mostly pests that eat under the bark of trees. The third is the difference in appearance. The hoopoes have a crest on their head, a slender beak, and a nearly square tail. The woodpecker has no crest on its head, a long, retractable tongue, and a wedge-shaped tail.