Blue-bearded bee-eater

Blue-bearded bee-eater
Preying on a cicada. Thailand.
Calls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Nyctyornis
Species:
N. athertoni
Binomial name
Nyctyornis athertoni
(Jardine & Selby, 1828)[2]
Distribution of the Nyctyornis athertoni
Synonyms

Merops athertoni
Alcemerops athertoni[3]

The blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) is a species of bee-eater found in much of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. This bee-eater is found in forest clearings. It is found mainly in the Malayan region but extends west into peninsular India. The blue feathers of its throat are elongated and often fluffed giving it its name. They have a loud call but are not as gregarious or active as the smaller bee-eaters, and their square ended tail lacks the typical "wires" made up of the shafts of the longer central tail feathers found in many other bee-eaters.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nyctyornis athertoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683664A92994720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683664A92994720.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jardine, William & P. J. Selby (1830). lllustrations of Ornithology. Volume 2. plate 58. Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars.
  3. ^ Guenther, A, ed. (1892). Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum. Vol 17. Trustees of the British Museum.