Merops pusillus Little Bee-eater Kleinbyvreter
Dinaka Game Reserve, Apr 2025
A breeding resident. Fairly common and widespread across the Waterberg, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (62% in, 38% out; recorded in 61% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents lightly wooded country on sandy substrates, either as single birds, in pairs while breeding, or in family groups in winter. Breeds in summer, sometimes parasitised by Greater Honeyguide.
A breeding resident. Fairly common and widespread across the Waterberg, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (62% in, 38% out; recorded in 61% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents lightly wooded country on sandy substrates, either as single birds, in pairs while breeding, or in family groups in winter. Breeds in summer, sometimes parasitised by Greater Honeyguide.
Alma, Mar 2020
Weltevreden, May 2019
Lindani, Feb 2018
Lindani, Feb 2018
adult moulting (left), juvenile (right)