Bucerotiformes includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes. Hornbills, bee-eaters, rollers, kingfishers, the hoopoe and woodhoopoes are all common in the region. The Eurasian hoopoe is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and northern Sub-Saharan Africa. The Eurasian hoopoe is a medium-sized bird, long, with a wingspan. In medieval ritual magic, the hoopoe was thought to be an evil bird. The green wood hoopoe is an insect-eating species. He saw a man selling two captured hoopoe birds who were a couple. The African hoopoe ("Upupa africana") is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. It is somewhat similar to the call of the hoopoe. The adult Madagascan hoopoe is about long and weighs . There is only one species of hoopoe worldwide. He is implied equivalent of the Hoopoe, who also serves as Haroun's transportation. They are more gregarious than the hoopoe, and can often be seen in small groups. Subsequently, the gods would transform Tereus into a hoopoe. Hume's wheatear, Long-billed pipit, Crested bunting, Desert lark, Hoopoe and Grey-backed shrike.