Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus

The (Northern) Carmine Bee-eater is native to sub-Saharan Africa from Senegambia to Ethiopia/Kenya.

Male and female have similar glorious pink and turquoise plumage. Juveniles lack the long central tail feather of the adults.

Related to Kingfishers, Bee-eaters ride on the backs of large mammals to eat locusts, bees and flying ants disturbed by them (and cars) and nest in holes in sandy banks.