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Birds
Little bee-eater
Little bee-eater · Merops pusillus
Little bee-eaters fascinate with their bright plumage and skilful insect hunting – a real highlight if you watch them closely.
Fact file
- Size
- Just under 16 centimetres long and feather-light at around 15 grams
- Males and females
- Male and female look almost the same
- Sounds
- Soft, high-pitched twittering, especially while hunting
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on bees, wasps and other flying insects
- Offspring
- Lays 4 to 6 eggs in nesting burrows it digs itself in sandy banks
How to identify Little bee-eater
Little bee-eaters stand out with their bright green back, yellow breast band and shimmering turquoise throat. A black eye stripe marks their face and contrasts clearly with the rest of the plumage.
At around 16 centimetres the little bee-eater is dainty and slender. The long, slightly curved beak and narrow wings give it an elegant silhouette in flight, often with a tail tip that looks elongated.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 4 places where you can see Little bee-eater
Where Little bee-eater live
Namibia
Botswana
South Africa
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