 Like other bee-eaters, they are colourful birds with long tails, long decurved beaks and pointed wings.They are large bee-eaters, predominantly green, with a red colouration to face that extends on to the slightly hanging throat feathers to form the “beard”.Their eyes are orange

Like other bee-eaters, they predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in flight from perches concealed in foliage.