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Aerials of courtship feeding

Aerials of courtship feeding

A pair of Northern Carmine Bee-eaters (Merops nubicus) involved in courtship feeding with much fluttering and chattering about their perch and where the male performs numerous aerial sallies to catch insects to offer them as gifts to the female. Scene captured in Nyerere National Park, in the South of Tanzania.

Nyerere National Park, Tanzania
Digital image ID: PRO_20230123_018463
Created: January 23, 2023
Author: Philippe Rouquet
© Philippe Rouquet
File state: Final
Digital image size: 11.6 Mpixels (33.2 MB uncompressed) - 4170x2780 pixels (13.9x9.2 in / 35.3x23.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Digital image keywords: aerial sallies, Bee-eater family, Behavior, Birds, chattering, courtship feeding, feeding, flapping, fluttering, Merops nubicus, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, nuptial gifting, Nyerere National Park, Tanzania, wing flashing
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