30/03/2022
These Chestnut-headed bee-eater species have moderate forest dependency. These bee-eater species inhabit a wide range of artificial and natural ecosystems. They inhabit artificial ecosystems like rural gardens, agricultural fields, and plantations.
The diet of these Chestnut-headed bee-eater species is mostly flying insects. Honeybees, wasps, moths, ants, winged termites, crickets, dragonflies, butterflies, locusts, and grasshoppers are their primary food.
They hunt their prey from an open perch. They hawk catch the prey with the bill. After returning to the perch, the prey is battered and rubbed on the perch to break the exoskeleton and remove the sting and venom before swallowing.
They are generally monogamous. Nesting sites are usually sandy banks. Both the pair dig a long tunnel with their beaks and remove the sand with their feet.
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