Big colony of the bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) in their burrows on a clay wall. Africa. Uganda.

merops apiaster adult colony group posing nest to burrow back shot overview insectivore diet uganda kabalega falls cliff colorful clay biosphere reserve european bee eater merops apiaster merops top view national park hole least concern iucn october queen elizabeth national park nobody adults colonies groups posed pose settlings settling nesting nested burrows view from behind back view back views back sight back shots back sights overviews global sight global sights full length entomophagous insect insectivores diet entomophagous insects murchison falls cliffs colourful rudy colorfully colored biosphere reserves european bee eaters merops apiaster top views top sight top sights view from above top shot national parks sensitive natural areas holes cavity cavities least concern species with nobody stage of development individual multitude enumeration reproductive behaviour behavior animal construction shot diet pattern species east africa africa murchison falls national park ugandan protected areas uganda landform earth's crust colour mineral matter matter substance environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment bee eater coraciiforme bird wild animal animal meropidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota general morphology morphology organism low risk iucn iucn red list of threatened species