Steven David Miller / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus), three perched on branch between flight forays to catch insects. Parry Creek, Wyndham, The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Steven David Miller / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) resting on branch between foraging flights. Kununurra, Western Australia.

Juergen Freund / Rainbow bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) perched with feathers fluffed up, Daintree , Queensland, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) juvenile, Victoria, Australia

Martin Willis / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Karl Seddon / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Australia

Karl Seddon / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Australia

Karl Seddon / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Australia

Karl Seddon / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) perched pair, Australia

Simon Bennett / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) pair, Victoria, Australia

Juergen Freund / Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) perched on branch, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) in flight with insect. Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) in flight with insect. Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) male and female pair, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) male, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) female, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) female with prey in beak, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) female, Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) male, Queensland, Australia

Steven David Miller / Rainbow / Australian Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) perched on branch, Standleys Chasm, West Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia

Aflo / ic-10005 Rainbow bee-eater {Merops ornatus} Australia.

Steven David Miller / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) perched, Standley's Chasm, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Rainbow / Autralian bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Central Australia, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Rainbow / Australian bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven David Miller / Rainbow / Australian bee-eater {Merops ornatus} perching on tree branch, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven David Miller / Rainbow bee-eater {Merops ornatus} Kununurra, Western Australia

Dave Watts / Two Rainbow bee-eaters {Merops ornatus} open country of mainland Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow / Australian bee-eater pair {Merops ornatus} Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Two Rainbow bee-eaters {Merops ornatus} Australia

Dave Watts / Rainbow bee-eater {Merops ornatus} Australia

Martin Willis / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) head portrait, Johnson Islet, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) perching in tree, Cape York, Queensland, Australia.

Etienne Littlefair / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus), sat in front of a paperbark tree at sunset, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, August.

Tim Laman / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) resting on an island during migration. Johnson Islet, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia.

Tim Laman / Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.