The African Hoopoe uses open woodland, short grass, and places with exposed ground. A southern African species account describes it probing the ground with its long bill to find insects.
It has a long, decurved bill and a crest tipped with black. Its plumage has black, white, and cinnamon bands.
It walks over short grass or bare ground and probes into the soil with its bill for insects. The account describes this feeding in open woodland and grassland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.