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There are (currently) 26 members of the Meropidae, the Bee-eaters - an extraordinary family of aerial acrobats with plumages that for the most part capture pure sunlight and throw it back to the observer in a stunning range of greens, yellows, and carmine-reds. With the exception of just a handful of more ’shy and retiring’ [...]

Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Nairobi, Kenya. June 2006
 
The Little Bee-eater is a locally common resident in the highlands of East Africa (Nairobi is situated at 1660 metres (5450 feet) above sea level), south to Malawi and Zambia. It occurs in highland forest, forest margins, and scrub: in Nairobi the Little Bee-eater is a familiar bird in [...]