#black bee-eater

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[798/10,977] Black Bee-Eater - Merops gularis

Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae (bee-eaters)

Photo credit: John Sterling via Macaulay Library

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Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis) © Francesco Veronesi

It hatches from black, blue, bright, electric, good, red, sharp, unmistakable, and western eggs.

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July 31, 2018 - Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis)

These bee-eaters are found in the western regions of central Africa. Their diet is made up of flying insects, which they catch in the air. These include honeybees, wasps, ants, and butterflies. Pairs build their nests in burrows in sandy cliffs.

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Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis)

is a species of Coraciiform (rollers and allies) birds native to Parts of Southern and Central Africa. The bird gets its name obviously due to its black coloration and diet of aerial insects like bees, which they catch almost exclusivley on the wing.

Phylogeny

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Image Sources: 1,2

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I was bored one day and decided to paint some manner of tropical bird.  I ended up using this photo as a reference for the painting.  It's a little bit messy...the way I ordered my layers of paint didn't work out so well and I had to do a lot of re-painting.  The scan also isn't fantastic, but hey, you get the general idea at least.xD