This beautiful bee-eater is easily distinguished by its colour. It gathers in large flocks to breed in colonies in river banks. During the day the birds from the colony disperse over a wide area to feed, and they may be seen hawking insects from a perch near the top of a tree. This species makes less use of the power-lines than other bee-eaters. It is found throughout Rhodesia in summer and migrates to the Congo and Tanzania during the winter.
Details
- Designer: From photographs by Peter Ginn
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Chromo with brown gum
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in panes of two.
- 1A (Black) 1A (Cyan) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Yellow) : 1B (Black) 1B (Cyan) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Yellow)
- Sheet: R5 x10 (50 stamps)
- Quantity: 400,000
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