Blue-bearded Bee-eater

How to identify

Field marks

1. Greenish overall; forehead, face and chin blue-green
2. Elongated throat feathers fluff out like a beard
3. Large, sickle-shaped bill; tail tip square
4. Belly pale yellow to olive, with green or blue streaks

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in appearance; the male's blue throat feathers reflect ultraviolet light more strongly.

Voice

Loud calls include hornbill-like clucking, dry, repeated “kit-tik” notes and a hollow, nasal “kyao”.

Where and when it's recorded

Blue-bearded Bee-eater has been recorded at 288 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Cat Tien NPVietnam574 records
2. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand459 records
3. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural HistoryIndia444 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandVietnamChinaNepalCambodiaBhutanBangladesh

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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