[ycombinete]

I’ve always love seeing both of those birds in my garden. The barbet, with his squat sturdy frame and bright colours, especially.

I’ve never read about their interaction though, and neither of links that you’ve provided appear to explicitly connect the two species. All I know, and can find, is that they both like to nest in holes in trees. Do you have any info to backup this story?

Also neither of those birds are woodpeckers.

[tempytempy1]

I could find that the Bennet's Woodpecker does have the behaviour of re-using or stealing holes. On Wikipedia it's only very briefly mentioned, but the large Robertson's book may have something on it. [1]

Still looking for more information on what kind of holes the Hoopoe uses or makes; perhaps I was rather thinking of the Bennet's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett%27s_woodpecker

[ycombinete]

Ah okay. Thanks :)