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The purple-bearded bee-eater is a colourful long bird with a long tail, long slender decurved beak and rather rounded wings. It is 25–26 cm (9.8–10.2 in) long, excluding 66 cm (26 in) of tail streamers. The adult male has a purple head, face, "beard" (long hanging throat feathers), breast and upper belly. The upperparts, wings and tail are green, apart from a reddish-brown nape, and the central tail feathers are elongated as streamers. The lower belly is reddish-brown and the underside of the tail is chestnut. The adult female is similar, but the forebelly is reddish-brown, not purple.
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When to see the Purple-bearded Bee-eater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Purple-bearded Bee-eater
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About the Purple-bearded Bee-eater
The purple-bearded bee-eater or Celebes bee-eater is a species of bee-eater endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is often seen in clearings inside dense forest.
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Easily confused with
Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalisThe blue-moustached bee-eater measures about 19 cm in length with tail streamers up to 3 cm more.
Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweriThe adult black-headed bee-eater is between 25 and 28 cm (10 and 11 in) in length, excluding the 8 cm (3 in) tail streamers.
Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleriThe sexes are similar and the length of the adult is about 19 cm (7.5 in).
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