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Merops leschenaulti
Basic stats
Diet
Flying insects, especially bees and wasps
Habitat
Open country, forest edge, riverbanks
Range
South and Southeast Asia
Clutch size
5–6 eggs
Incubation period
About 20–22 days
Size
Medium (18–20cm)
Wingspan
~28–30cm
Weight
~25–32g
A colourful bee-eater with a rich chestnut crown and nape, green body and a short square tail, typically seen perched in small groups on wires and bare branches near open country and rivers.
Hawks bees, wasps and other flying insects in graceful sallies, returning to a perch to beat prey before swallowing, and nests colonially in burrows dug into sandy banks.
