The Eurasian hoopoe feeds on insects and other small invertebrates, employing a foraging strategy of searching for and capturing food; it obtains nourishment through probing the soil with its long beak. The species’ diet includes beetles, caterpillars, spiders, worms, ants, and other invertebrates such as butterflies, diptera (true flies), hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), bedbugs, orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets), dragonflies, mayflies, and net-winged insects. When searching for food, the Eurasian hoopoes inserts its long beak into the soil or manure and opens it to seize prey. The daily food requirement ranges from 25 grams to 60 grams.