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Red-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis amictus
3.40207, 101.783
Field Notes
Description:
Colourful birds with long tails, long decurved beaks and pointed wings. This specie are larger of the bee-eaters, predominantly green with a red colouration to face that extends on to the slightly hanging throat feathers to form the “beard”. The male (featured in the photos have a more prominent larger patch of lilac color on the forehead as opposed to the female.
Habitat:
This specie of bee-eater is found in openings in patches of dense forest. They nest in burrows tunnelled into the side of sandy banks.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 22, 2011
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