Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus)

Other Names (World)
Red-bearded Bee-eater, Red-breasted Bee-eater

Family
Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Size
32 - 34.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest, urban areas, rural gardens. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand.

Southern Myanmar (southern from Dawna Range) and south-western Thailand (Petchaburi District) south through Malay Peninsula to Johore, including Penang I; also Sumatra and Bangka I, and throughout lowland Borneo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Predominantly insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (67)...)

Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) [XC780396]
by Lim Ying Hien from Mersing (near Endau), Johor, Malaysia (song)

Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) [XC779195]
by Thet Zaw Naing from Talang Birdwatching Trail (near Tanjung Ipoh), Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (call)

Nest
A burrow in a sandy bank.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 3
Color: white
Dimensions: 33 - 34 x 28 - 29 mm

Subspecies
Species name often listed as amicta, but genus was originally established without a specified combination, and must therefore, in accordance with International Code of Zoological �Nomenclature, be treated as masculine.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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