Birds of the Bible – Hoopoe
the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat. (Deu 14:18)
Eurasian Hoopoe By permission of William Kwong
To find out more about Hoopoes:
Birds of the Bible – Hoopoe
Birds of the Bible – Hoopoe II
Hoopoe Photos
Hoopoe Videos
See Also Hoopoes Upupidae Family and BUCEROTIFORMES Order
Hoopoe Facts from:
Bird Families of the World – Hoopoes Upupidae
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where in the bible does it mention a bird with four feet?
There is no bird with four feet mentioned in the Bible. That verse was from a list of unclean things not to eat. It just is mentioning the bat. The Bible is not calling a bat a bird.
Incidentally, Wiki also gives the following which is a direct connection between the hoopoe and Solomon:
Hoopoes also appear in the Quran in Surah Al-Naml 27:20-22 in the following context “And he [Solomon] sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent? (20) I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse. (21) But he [the Hoopoe] was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a thing) that thou apprehendest not, and I come unto thee from Sheba with sure tidings.”
Interesting information. We only use the Holy Bible for our Scriptures and have not used the Koran. In fact, we do not even use the Apocrypha.