cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) Description
The next posting is the climax of all this and preceeding display activity. Have reason to believe female is the bird on the right.
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania 13th. September 2012
CF2P8964
Date 13 September 2012, 16:11
Source Lovey dovey - by bee-eaters
Author Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore http://www.flickr.com/people/64565252@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovey_dovey_-_by_bee-eaters_-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee.jpg
The cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892)