Surah An-Naml 27:20

وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

And he reviewed the birds to see the hoopoe — which would locate water beneath the ground and indicate its location by pecking at it whereupon the devils would extract it for Solomon required it for when he prayed; …

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 27:20, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.