Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
33 - 37 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jardine & Selby, 1830)

Habitat
Sparse to fairly dense forest with clearings. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in small groups.

Food
Mainly bees.

Voice
A dry 'kit-tik... kit-tik' in a series. Also a hollow nasal 'kyao'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) [XC598921]
by Mandar Bhagat from Siddhanath Parwat, North Goa, Goa, India (call, song, could be courtship)

Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) [XC115172]
by Mike Nelson from Tingtibi, Zhemgang, Bhutan (call)

Nest
In a burrow excavated in a mud bank.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 4 - 6
Color: white
Dimensions: 28 x 25 mm

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

athertoni (Jardine & Selby, 1830) - Western, eastern and northern India (Western and eastern Ghats, southern Himalayas) east to Indochina.
brevicaudatus (Koelz, 1939) - Hainan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) - 10 files

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