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Northern Carmine Bee Eater

Merops nubicus

Photo by MudWiggle
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Description:

Beautiful bird, small, maybe 10-15cm tall, gorgeous rusty orange colour on the back and wings, dusky pink on the chest, and deep blue green on the head with a black eye stripe. Very slimline bird with long tail.

Habitat:

Seen in open woodland/grassland in Selous NP.

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Northern carmine bee-eater

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