Peter Blackwell / Seven Little Bee-eaters (Merops pusillus) in a row, one facing away, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Sue Flood / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched in tree, Ocean Dunes Golf Course, Phan Thiet, Vietnam

Mary McDonald / Little Green Bee-eaters (Merops orientalis) one with insect prey, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, April

Sandesh Kadur / Little Green Bee-eaters (Merops orientalis) basking in the sun on red earth, Western Ghats, Southern India

Mary McDonald / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) with fly prey. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Green Bee-eater (Merops Orientails) pair with food, one with insect prey. Kanha National Park, India, April.

Dietmar Nill / Three Little bee eaters {Merops pusillus} perched in a row, Gambia

Peter Blackwell / Two Little Bee-eaters (Merops pusillus) perched on branch, Masai Mara GR, Kenya.

Kevin Schafer / Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on a branch. Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Kevin Schafer / Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on branch. Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Chien Lee / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Kevin Schafer / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Kevin Schafer / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Kevin Schafer / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) calling, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Guy Edwardes / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus) perched in branch, Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa, February

Guy Edwardes / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus) perched in branch, Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} perched, sunning, Oman, March

Bernard Castelein / Little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) pair perched, male giving female a gift of insect prey, Rajasthan, India

Nick Garbutt / Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) sunbathing, Bandhavgarh NP, India

Tim Laman / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched in the Sundarban Forest, Khulna Province, Bangladesh.

Richard Du Toit / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) group roosting on a branch, Chobe River, Namibia

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} perched on ground, Sohar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} on ground, Sohar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis orientalis} perched, Tamil Nadu, India

Bernard Castelein / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} Madhav NP, Madhya Pradesh, India

Bernard Castelein / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} Madhav NP, Madhya Pradesh, India

David Cottridge / Little green bee eater (Merops orientalis) Israel

Hermann Brehm / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) perched on branch, East Africa

David Cottridge / Little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on branch, Israel

Bengt Lundberg / Little green bee-eater {Merops orientalis} Thailand

David Cottridge / Little green bee eaters mating {Merops orientalis} Israel

David Cottridge / Little green bee eater {Merops orientalis} male feeding female in courtship, Israel

Mitsuaki Iwago / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) pair perching on branch, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little green bee eater at nest entrance. {Merops orientalis} Sohar, Oman

Bernard Castelein / Little green bee eater {Merops orientalis} Keoladea Ghana NP, India