Somali Bee-eater (Merops revoilii)

Somali Bee-eater
Photo@Raymond Galea

Somali Bee-eater is a small bee-eater, about seventeen centimetres long. It prefers arid country and desert areas where it may be locally common. It feeds on small flying insects which it catches in short dashes from a low perch. It is either solitary or found in pairs. It nests in the banks of road cuttings and in the sides of deep wells. In Kenya it breeds between March and June.

In Kenya it is found in areas like Samburu and Meru National Park, Lake Baringo and Tsavo East.

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