It gets its name from its call, making an 'oop, oop, oop' sound. Their characteristic lengthy, slightly bent beak allows it to forage through vegetation, dig into the ground to find insects to eat. Indeed the one that showed up locally had no problem finding Crane Fly Larvae. So much so he (no idea if its a he or she) spent pretty much the entire day for two weeks digging these larvae up! Occasionally the larvae would try to wriggle free, so the Hoopoe would use his beak to prod and poke until it was safe to swallow, doing so by tilting his head back and tossing the larvae into the air, as the photo above shows.