(An-Naml) 27 : 20
وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَرَى الْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَائِبِينَ
And he took attendance of the birds and asked: "Why didn’t I see the Hoopoe, or is he among the absentees?”
Hoopoe was the commandant of birds among the army of Suleiman.