Bee-eaters of the World: A Field Guide
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Green bee-eater hunts and eats different types of flying insects such as honey bees, grasshoppers, fruit flies, ants and wasps. Name "bee-eater" refers to the favorite type of food of this species - bees. Fruit and berries are occasionally on the menu.
Green bee-eater knows how to "disarm" dangerous prey. It removes stinger and eliminates venom by hitting and rubbing a bee against the branch.
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the most common African Bee-eater
merops pusillus
dwergbijeneter
guêpier nain
Zwergspint
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in the Moremi NP, Botswana
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shadowed by a Redbilled Quilea
in the Nxai Pan NP, Botswana
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Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
also called Little Green Bee-eater
merops orientalis
kleine groene bijeneter
guêpier d'Orient
Asiensmaragdspint
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Linyanti River, Botswana
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Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
also called Little Green Bee-eater
merops orientalis
kleine groene bijeneter
guêpier d'Orient
Asiensmaragdspint
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Have you ever wondered why these bee-eaters prefer to eat bees? It turns out bees have large flight muscles which are full of protein. Only a few bird species learned how to remove the stinger and eat bees safely as a regular part of their diet.
All these birds are bee-eaters and there are 27 species of them.
Stay safe!
Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
also called Little Green Bee-eater
merops orientalis
kleine groene bijeneter
guêpier d'Orient
Asiensmaragdspint
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I photographed this Bee eater a while back, during a wildlife-shoot in Hungary. We watched a small colony of these colourful birds, as they flew in to visit their nest burrows. A memorable day.
White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis), a migratory bird that breeds in semi-desert along the southern edge of the Sahara. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa. Conservation status: Least Concern
It is the smallest African bee-eater. Bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface.
Gambia, Kotu
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Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
also called Little Green Bee-eater
merops orientalis
kleine groene bijeneter
guêpier d'Orient
Asiensmaragdspint
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It is the smallest African bee-eater. Bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface.
Namibia, Rundu
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Image taken in the Hortobagy region of Hungary.
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