The carmine bee-eater is carmine in color, except for a greenish blue head and throat, and the bold black mask-like stripe across its eyes. Eyes are red; beak is black-pointed and decurved. Central tail feathers are elongated. Legs and feet are blackish brown. Sexes are similar in appearance. Bee-eaters hunt mainly by keeping watch for flying insects from a perch. The insect is snapped up in the bill, then the bird returns to the perch, where it beats the prey against the perch until it is inactive. Besides bees, they feed on grasshoppers and locust. They nest in large colonies in cliffs, usually near river banks, where they dig long horizontal tunnels often eight feet or more long with their beaks. Both parents take part in excavating the nest, incubating the eggs and caring for the young. During non-breeding seasons they migrate south to Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignement for National Geographic Film and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
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V 3 BEE 4 EE 72
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Frame value is 32.
Slide No. V 3 BEE 4 EE 72
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Carmine Bee-eater in Garamba Park, Zaire (now DRC). The date on the slide is FEB 72.
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V 3 BEE 5 EE 72
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0003
Frame value is 33.
Slide No. V 3 BEE 5 EE 72
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 1 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 2 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 3 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 4 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 5 EE 51
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. All crowned cranes have the ability to perch because their long hind toe allows for grasping. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. The range of the Grey Crowned Crane in eastern and southern Africa stretches from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to southeastern South Africa. They are non-migratory, but undertake variable local and seasonal movements. The South African subspecies occurs in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The East African subspecies occurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, and comprises the majority of the total population. Grey Crowned Cranes require mixed wetland-grassland habitats. Nesting usually occurs in wetlands where the vegetation is of a significant height to conceal the cranes on their nests. All cranes are omnivorous. Principal foods of the Grey Crowned Crane include tips of grasses, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates, and small vertebrates. They also forage in croplands for groundnuts, soybeans, maize, and millet. The Grey Crowned Crane's generalist feeding strategy allows the species to adapt to human settlement. Most Grey Crowned Cranes in East Africa live in human modified landscapes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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V 3 CRA 6 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 6 EE 51
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. All crowned cranes have the ability to perch because their long hind toe allows for grasping. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. The range of the Grey Crowned Crane in eastern and southern Africa stretches from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to southeastern South Africa. They are non-migratory, but undertake variable local and seasonal movements. The South African subspecies occurs in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The East African subspecies occurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, and comprises the majority of the total population. Grey Crowned Cranes require mixed wetland-grassland habitats. Nesting usually occurs in wetlands where the vegetation is of a significant height to conceal the cranes on their nests. All cranes are omnivorous. Principal foods of the Grey Crowned Crane include tips of grasses, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates, and small vertebrates. They also forage in croplands for groundnuts, soybeans, maize, and millet. The Grey Crowned Crane's generalist feeding strategy allows the species to adapt to human settlement. Most Grey Crowned Cranes in East Africa live in human modified landscapes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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V 3 CRA 7 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 7 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 8 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 9 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 10 EE 51
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. All crowned cranes have the ability to perch because their long hind toe allows for grasping. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. The range of the Grey Crowned Crane in eastern and southern Africa stretches from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to southeastern South Africa. They are non-migratory, but undertake variable local and seasonal movements. The South African subspecies occurs in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The East African subspecies occurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, and comprises the majority of the total population. Grey Crowned Cranes require mixed wetland-grassland habitats. Nesting usually occurs in wetlands where the vegetation is of a significant height to conceal the cranes on their nests. All cranes are omnivorous. Principal foods of the Grey Crowned Crane include tips of grasses, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates, and small vertebrates. They also forage in croplands for groundnuts, soybeans, maize, and millet. The Grey Crowned Crane's generalist feeding strategy allows the species to adapt to human settlement. Most Grey Crowned Cranes in East Africa live in human modified landscapes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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V 3 CRA 11 EE 51
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Frame value is 15.
Slide No. V 3 CRA 11 EE 51
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. All crowned cranes have the ability to perch because their long hind toe allows for grasping. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. The range of the Grey Crowned Crane in eastern and southern Africa stretches from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to southeastern South Africa. They are non-migratory, but undertake variable local and seasonal movements. The South African subspecies occurs in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The East African subspecies occurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, and comprises the majority of the total population. Grey Crowned Cranes require mixed wetland-grassland habitats. Nesting usually occurs in wetlands where the vegetation is of a significant height to conceal the cranes on their nests. All cranes are omnivorous. Principal foods of the Grey Crowned Crane include tips of grasses, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates, and small vertebrates. They also forage in croplands for groundnuts, soybeans, maize, and millet. The Grey Crowned Crane's generalist feeding strategy allows the species to adapt to human settlement. Most Grey Crowned Cranes in East Africa live in human modified landscapes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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V 3 CRA 12 EE 51
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2028X 16
Frame value is 5.
Slide No. V 3 CRA 12 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 13 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 14 EE 51
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. All crowned cranes have the ability to perch because their long hind toe allows for grasping. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. The range of the Grey Crowned Crane in eastern and southern Africa stretches from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to southeastern South Africa. They are non-migratory, but undertake variable local and seasonal movements. The South African subspecies occurs in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The East African subspecies occurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, and comprises the majority of the total population. Grey Crowned Cranes require mixed wetland-grassland habitats. Nesting usually occurs in wetlands where the vegetation is of a significant height to conceal the cranes on their nests. All cranes are omnivorous. Principal foods of the Grey Crowned Crane include tips of grasses, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates, and small vertebrates. They also forage in croplands for groundnuts, soybeans, maize, and millet. The Grey Crowned Crane's generalist feeding strategy allows the species to adapt to human settlement. Most Grey Crowned Cranes in East Africa live in human modified landscapes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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V 3 CRA 15 EE 51
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Frame value is 19.
Slide No. V 3 CRA 15 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 16 EE 51
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Frame value is 33.
Slide No. V 3 CRA 17 EE 51
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Slide No. V 3 CRA 18 EE 51
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