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Description: | The blue cheeked Bee-eater is a colourful bird that breeds in arid regions of the Middle East and Asia and migrates to sub-Saharan Africa for the winter. It feeds mainly on wasps, ants and bees, hence its name. It nests by digging a burrow in a sandy bank, and birds often form colonies of several hundred burrows in parts of the Middle East. In some areas, where suitable nesting sites are unavailable, it will even burrow into the ground.
, Age: adult, Form: mount | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.26823 | Go to resource |
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