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Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 20

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وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ
Watafaqqada a l tt ayra faq a la m a liya l a ar a alhudhuda am k a na mina algh a ibeen a
And [one day] he looked in vain for [a particular one of] the birds; and so he said: "How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or could he be among the absent?
  - Mohammad Asad
He took a roll call of the birds and said: "I do not see the hoopoe, where is he? How could he be absent?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'One day' he inspected the birds, and wondered, 'Why is it that I cannot see the hoopoe? Or could he be absent?
  - Mustafa Khattab
And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees? 3262
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Solomon was no idle or easy-going king. He kept all his organisation strictly up to the mark, both his armies literally and his forces (metaphorically). His most mobile arm was the Birds, who were light on the wing and flew and saw everything like efficient scouts. One day he missed the Hoopoe in his muster. The Hoopoe is a light, graceful creature, with elegant plumage of many colours, and a beautiful yellow crest on his head, which entities him to be called a royal bird.

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