Bee-eaters are spectacularly colourful with unmistakable long-bills, found in open and semiopen country, mainly in drier areas; nests colonially in burrows dug into sand banks, often river banks. Bee-eaters are usually seen perched on wires or circling in swallowlike flight, often in small groups; feeds by catching insects (especially bees) on the wing. Quite vocal, often giving distinctive pipping calls.
