The Black-headed Bee-eater is marked by a black head and green and cinnamon plumage. It catches insects from an open perch.
The head is black and the back and wings are green. Cinnamon coloring appears on the upperparts and underparts, and the central tail feathers are long.
It hunts from an open perch. For stinging insects such as bees, it strikes the insect against a hard surface before eating it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.