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Small Bee eater, quite like many, but not quite any that I can define. Small, about 8-10cm tall. Shortish tail. Olivey green body colours with a light bluish tinge on the end of the wings. A sort of rust coloured head and under the chin. Black eye stripe and light blue edging on it below the eye. Long slightly curving black beak.
Seen in woodland and in mudbanks along the edges of the rufiji river.
Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Oct 6, 2015
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The only one I have come up with so far is Boehm’s Bee-eater (Metrops boehmi) but the tail in this pic (http://10000birds.com/the-bee-eaters-of-... - scroll down past halfway) is putting me off...will keep looking :)