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Photo taken: Samburu, Kenya

Merops revoilii

[edit] Identification

At between 16-18 cm this is a small bee-eater

[edit] Distribution

An East African bird found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.

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[edit] Behaviour

It feeds on small airborne insects which it catches during short flights from its, normally, low perch. Unlike most other bee-eaters it is found either singly or in pairs even during the nesting season. Its preferred nesting site is in an excavated hole in the side of a well but it also uses roadside banks and sandy ground adjacent to palm roots.

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