(Southern) carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) with an insect, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern carmine bee-eater (carmine bee-eater) (Merops nubicoides) with an insect, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

An adult southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Adult southern carmine bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides), in confrontation in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Plains zebra (Equus quagga), one southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) on the croup, Taita Hills Sanctuary, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

(Southern) carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) with an insect, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) with prey, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) perched on a branch, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) in a nesting cave on the steep banks of the Okavango River, Botswana, Africa

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Crimson pints (Merops nubicoides) sitting on branch, Zambia, Africa

Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Crimson pint looking out of breeding cave, Zambia, Africa

Southern carmine bee eater (Merops nubicoides), perched on a ball of elephant dung. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

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

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

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

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), on the cliff of the Luangwa river, a white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) hold the tail' feathers, Luangwa river, South Luangwa natioinal Park, Zambia, Africa