Hudhud, as described by the Quran played an important role between Sulayman and Queen of Sheba while carrying messages between the two.

She later visited him, saw manifestation of Sulayman, and adopted set of beliefs identified with religious conversion of Islam.

[5] Since the scientific evidence limit behavior and mental processes of the birds compared to human intelligence, Hoopoes have been a subject of discussion.

Some people argue "Hudhud" was possibly a human employed for communicating messages, as a bird could not be credited with the intellectual capability of humans, concept learning and expression, which is marked by recognize patterns, solve problems, make decisions, retain information, and use language to communicate that could come to know about the queen and her government, and worship mechanism.

[3] A book titled When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy have described the animal cognition, comprising a detailed account of Dogs, Cats and Ants.