Common Hoopoe

Upapa epops

This hoopoe flew from the path just as I was driving out of the Galibore camp, and sat on a fallen bark waiting for me to pass quickly so that it could resume foraging on the trail.

Photographed at: Galibore Fishing Camp, Karnataka on 2020-11-30

Album: Galibore - 2020

Family: Upupidae

Name in Kannada: ನೆಲಕುಟುಕ / ಚಂದ್ರಮುಕುಟ