This is a pair of black bee-eaters perched high in a tree along a country road, not far from Bwindi. The bird may appear completely black from a distance, but in good light you can see that it has a brilliant red throat and shiny blue on the belly, lower tail coverts and in patches on the breast. The bird grows to about 20 cm (8 in) in length. It is found on the edges of tropical rainforest and in secondary forest. It feeds on insects that it catches in the air.