Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) photo
An adult has captured a hymenopterous insect (family Ichneumonidae).
- Recorded 2 December 2010
- Added to IBC 1 year 18 weeks ago
- Carmelo López
- Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp hirundineus).
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The insects most often caught that day by these birds were winged termites, which came that day from their termite mounds in huge quantities.