<p>A beautiful pair of rainbow bee-eaters; this shot was taken in my backyard in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory. The male is the one with the longer center tail feather.</p> <p><i>(This photo and caption were submitted to <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/" target="_blank">Your Shot.</a>)</i></p>

Rainbow Bee-Eaters

A beautiful pair of rainbow bee-eaters; this shot was taken in my backyard in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory. The male is the one with the longer center tail feather.

(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)

Photograph by Jenny Hall, Your Shot

Near Passerines

See pictures of near passerines (including parrots, woodpeckers, kingfishers, and more) in this birds photo gallery from National Geographic.

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