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Blue-bearded bee-eater

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This species is found in a variety of habitats mostly at medium altitudes but below 2000m altitude. Thin to fairly thick forest in medium elevations with clearings is the typical habitat. It is found singly or in small groups of up to three and is very patchily distributed. Their presence in an area
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This is probably the largest species of the bee-eater family. Adults measure 31 to 35 cm (12 to 14 in) in length and weigh 70 to 93 g (2.5 to 3.3 oz). This species has a large sickle shaped bill and the square ended tail lacks the "wires" that are typical of smaller bee-eaters.
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This bird has a loud call, but does not call frequently. It is also not as active as the smaller bee-eaters. The calls include cackling hornbill like calls, a dry "Kit-tik... Kit-tik" in a series or hollow nasal "kyao" calls. Pairs may engage in duets of cackling and rattling which ends in short
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The breeding season is February to August in India and courtship involves ritual feeding, bowing and tail fanning. Nest excavation may begin a month before the laying of eggs. The nest is a deep tunnel in a mud bank within which four very spherical and white eggs are laid.
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in 1828. Jardine and Selby described it in the Illustrations of Ornithology (Series 1, Volume 2 part 4, November 1828, plate 58) and the type locality (holotype is in the Selby Collection, UMZC, 25/Mer/7/b/2) was said to be Cachar District
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The bird is grass green with a turquoise forehead, face and chin. The feathers of the throat are elongated giving it a bearded appearance when they are fluffed out. The belly is yellowish to olive with streaks of green or blue. The
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re-designated Bangalore as the type locality for the species based on the fact that Atherton was posted in Bangalore when he wrote to Selby and noted that he was helped by a French collector (thought to be
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can easily be missed. It has been reported from the hill regions of the Satpuras, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Nilgiris, Chota Nagpur and from the Sub-Himalayan forests.
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populations. Although males and females appear similar, the blue throat feathers of the male show higher ultraviolet reflectivity than those of the female.
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although it is unclear whether they fed on nectar or insects attracted to the flowers.
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The species appears to feed mainly on bees. It exploits the defensive behavior of
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The feathers of the chin are long and sometimes raised up into a "beard".
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has been described from this species and feather parasites in the genus
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who obtained a specimen of the bird. Selby described the species in
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Miscellaneous Publication, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
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purring notes. The flight is undulating and very barbet-like.
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Kinnear, NB (1925). "Letters and notes: Type-localities".
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A monograph of the Meropidae, or the family of bee-eaters
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Coraciiformes
Meropidae
Nyctyornis
Binomial name
Jardine
Selby

Synonyms
bee-eater
Indian subcontinent
Southeast Asia
Malayan region
India

Bangladesh
peninsular Indian
northeast Indian
13th Light Dragoons
P. J. Selby
William Jardine

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