The white-fronted bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides) have a distinctive white forehead and black mask. They are found in the river banks and gullies of wooded grassland and pastures of sub-equatorial Africa. Their diet of insects, which is almost always honey bees, is caught either through rapid flight down from a low tree perch or during a slower hovering flight. They nest in small colonies, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks but can usually be seen in low trees waiting for passing insects.