Prakruti Parichay
MeropidaeNyctyornis

Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyomis sthertont

31–34 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayan foothills, NE and E India, Western Ghats, hills of W Tamil Nadu and Bangladesh. Large green bee-eater with a broad square-ended tail. Adult has blue forehead and 'beard ', green upperparts, broad greenish streaking on yellowish-buff belly and flanks, and yellowish-buff undertail-coverts and underside to tail. Shows yellowish-buff underwing-coverts in flight. Juvenile is similar to adult and has blue 'beard' even when very young. Edges and clearings of dense broadleaved forest.

Colour

Buff / TanGreenBlue
Average size
32.5 cm
Habitat
Edges and clearings of dense broadleaved forest.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayan foothills, NE and E India, Western Ghats, hills of W Tamil Nadu and Bangladesh. Large green bee-eater with a broad square-ended tail. Adult has blue forehead and 'beard ', green upperparts, broad greenish streaking on yellowish-buff belly and flanks, and yellowish-buff undertail-coverts and underside to tail. Shows yellowish-buff underwing-coverts in flight. Juvenile is similar to adult and has blue 'beard' even when very young. Edges and clearings of dense broadleaved forest.

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Blue-bearded Bee-eater is bigger than Andaman Drongo but smaller than Black Baza.

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Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyomis sthertont

31–34 cm