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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/eth.12782
Subject(s) - digging , front (military) , nest (protein structural motif) , geography , ecology , genealogy , biology , history , archaeology , meteorology , biochemistry
White‐fronted Bee‐eaters ( Merops bullockoides ) nest in small colonies averaging 200 individuals, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks. Their diet primarily comprises bees, but they also take other flying insects (such as Ichneumon wasps) depending on season and related prey availability. They hunt either by making quick hawking flights from lower branches of shrubs and trees, or glide slowly down from their perch and hover briefly to catch insects. Photograph taken in Zimanga Private Game Reserve (South Africa) and reproduced by permission of Emmanuel Do Linh San.