Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), on the cliff of the Luangwa river, Luangwa river, South Luangwa natioinal Park, Zambia, Africa

merops nubicoides natural area sky adult colony flap wings posing nest to fly to nest burrow outdoor overview insectivore diet zambia cliff merops bank rive national park hole september south luangwa national park southern carmine bee eater merops nubicoides nobody nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems skies adults colonies flapping wings flaps wings flutter posed pose settlings settling nesting nested in flight flight flights flying nests burrows outdoors outsides outside overviews global sight global sights full length entomophagous insect insectivores diet entomophagous insects cliffs water edge banks rive water edges national parks sensitive natural areas holes cavity cavities least concern species southern carmine bee eaters merops nubicoides with nobody naturalness area meteorological phenomenon meteorology science stage of development individual multitude group enumeration locomotion motion reproductive behaviour behavior animal construction shot diet pattern species southern africa africa landform earth's crust meropidae coraciiformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota freshwater wetland area environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment general morphology morphology organism bee eater coraciiforme bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal