Bee tigers like to eat bees, hence the name bee-eater. They have gorgeous feathers, great flying skills, and usually get together to chat.

Bee tigers especially like to fly around in flocks, and they even help their companions raise their chicks, with some species clustering together in groups. This fascinating bird inhabits mainly tropical areas and belongs to the order Coraciiformes, along with kingfishers and bee-eaters. They are found throughout the warmer parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia, with a few species living in Europe. They prefer to feed on insects and have a variety of feeding methods. Bee tigers have excellent flying skills; their wings and tail are long and pointed, and their beaks are long and dagger-like in shape. They are quite long-lived, surviving for 10 years or more. The wings of the bee tiger are long and pointed, and as a result, they can fly fast. They have a graceful flight posture and can chase bees, wasps, or other flying insects in the air at high speed. They also have a unique way of helping their companions raise their chicks, with some species clustering together in groups. Bee tigers are found throughout the warmer parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia, with a few species living in Europe. They prefer to feed on insects and have a variety of feeding methods.

Eventually, they will catch their prey with their long, slender, slightly downward-curved beaks. Another relatively common way they forage is to stand on a perch and search for insects, swooping down once they find their target.

Both female and male hummingbirds produce a distinctive call that is usually short and sharp, but some have a long, singing-like tone. Such calls are used to attract mates or to deter intruders.

Hummingbirds get about 90% of their diet from nectar, with the rest being arthropods, including flies, wasps, spiders, beetles, and ants. Their thin, long beaks are well suited for drawing nectar from flowers. Hummingbirds usually pollinate brightly colored, odorless flowers with long tubular corollas.

Adult hummingbirds have few natural predators. Known natural predators include snakes, forest falcons, and owls. Nest predators such as the blue jay, the cranes, and some bats are the greatest threat to the hummingbird's survival.

The plumage of the crested newt is generally blue or green with a lighter underpart, and some males have a crown of feathers or elongated tail feathers. Of the males, the vast majority are blue-green, with some being purple, red, or yellow.

Females have duller body feathers than males. The hummingbird family has two subfamilies: the Cryptomeria and the Hummingbird subfamilies. Cryptomeria is generally brown, gray, and red, without iridescent coloration. The hummingbird subfamily has iridescent plumage with a metallic sheen of red, orange, blue, and green, which is mainly concentrated on the head, upper body, and lower body of males. Some males also have distinctive throat spots, crowns, and elongated tail feathers. Both female and male hummingbirds produce a distinctive call, which is usually short and sharp, but some hummingbirds have a long, singing-like tone. These calls are used to attract mates or to deter intruders.

Making noise with the wings in flight is also considered a form of communication, especially during swooping displays. Chicks living in spherical or hemispherical nests make begging sounds, but those growing in open cup-shaped nests do not.

Newly feathered chicks make a contact sound when flying away from their mother's field of vision, which changes to a begging sound when they return to their mother's vicinity. Predators in the vicinity can also give an alert sound.