Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater-Bird

in nature •  7 years ago 

Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater

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Scientific Name:

Merops superciliosus

Status:

spring vagrant and rare species.

Voice:

bubbling, ringing disyllabic “prr-ipp”

Length:

It ranges from 28-30 cm.

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Wingspan:

It ranges from 46-48 cm.

Habitat:

They live in open, arid terrain, usually close to water.

Behaviour:

Perches on prominent branches. They are attractively marked and aerobatic bee-eater.

Sexes:

They have similar sexes.

Physical appearance:

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Adult plumage essentially green although appears bluish on rump and lower back. Head markings distinctive. They have black eye stripe and white forehead grading to sky-blue supercilium, cheeks sky blue and throat is yellow, grading to orange-red. Tail streamers extremely long, at least twice length of those of bee-eater. Juvenile like adult but plumage duller and tail streamers much shorter.

Pictures Credit: Google images

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Amazing captures, great info and interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

I've seen hummingbirds wing it.
It moves incredibly fast.
Glamorous pictures are good.

The bird is beautiful. I would love to you to add other characteristics like top speed, so we can know how fast they are.

this beautiful bird is my friend @introvert-dime