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4 unerringly guide Prophet Solomon to undiscovered subterranean springs by using its long bill as a water-divining rod, and consider it to be a doctor among birds, gifted with medicinal powers that can cure any ailment (Shuker, 2011). The Hoopoe at Kfar Malek, Ramallah, Palestine in 2009. Photo by my friend Imad Atrash, the Executive Director of the Palestine Wildlife Society in Beit Sahour, Palestine. In many cultures throughout its extensive Eurasian and African zoogeographical distribution range traditionally deem the hoopoe to be

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