This African bee-eater lives in dry places with trees or shrubs. Its central tail feathers form long streamers.
Its body is green to bronzy green, with a black eye-line and narrow black throat band. Females are less strongly marked.
It uses dry to semi-dry places with trees or scrub, sallying from a perch to catch flying insects. It is sometimes gregarious.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.