Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni)

Other Names (World)
Purple-bearded Bee-eater, Sulawesi Bee-eater, Sulawesi Bearded Bee-eater, Celebes Bee-eater, Celebes Bearded Bee-eater

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
25 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1850

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Locally in north, central and south-eastern Sulawesi.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, including bees, wasps, dragonflies, beetles, which are caught in flight.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni) [XC615477]
by id from Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia (call)

Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni) [XC193908]
by Frank Lambert from Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, upper Anaso Trail, Poso, Indonesia (call)

Nest
In a chamber of a tunnel in a sandy bank, cliff or cutting.

Subspecies
Bears startling resemblance to western African Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) in some aspects of plumage and long, attenuated central rectrices, but bill shape and beardedness differ, and there is no good reason to suppose that the two are closely related.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni) - 10 files

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