Melvin Grey / Red-throated bee-eaters (Merops bulocki) adults perched. Bansang Quarry, The Gambia. Cropped

Melvin Grey / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) adults with prey, Bansang Quarry, The Gambia.

Kim Taylor / Digital composite - Four Red-throated bee-eates {Merops bulocki} perching.

Pete Oxford / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) flock perched at nest holes in rock face, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda.

Richard Flack / Red-throated bee-eaters (Merops bulocki) pair, perched on branch, Benoue National Park, North West Cameroon.

Roland Seitre / Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki) calling, Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal

Bernard Castelein / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) perched on rock, Bansang, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) perched in tree with open beak. Janjanbureh, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) with insect in beak, perched on tree snag. Bansang, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) perched on branch. Bansang, Gambia.