Unlike most in the family the Little Bee-Eater do not nest in colonies and often use termite mounds or the entrances to dens of mammals like warthog

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Unlike most in the family the Little Bee-Eater do not nest in colonies and often use termite mounds or the entrances to dens of mammals like warthog and aardvarks to dig their tunnels

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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