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Red-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyornis amictus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 72 g
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 1
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 2
Photo: Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 3
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 4
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 5
Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 6
Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 7
Photo: R Vasconcellos · CC BY 4.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 8
Photo: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates · CC BY 2.0
Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), photo 9
Photo: unknown · CC BY 2.5

ID tip

Like other bee-eaters, they are colourful birds with long tails, long decurved beaks and pointed wings. They are large bee-eaters, predominantly green, with a red colouration to face that extends on to the slightly hanging throat feathers to form the "beard". Their eyes are orange.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Red-bearded Bee-eater

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-bearded Bee-eater

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Brunei Myanmar (Burma)

About the Red-bearded Bee-eater

The red-bearded bee-eater is a large species of bee-eater found in southern Myanmar, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby smaller islands. This species is found in openings in patches of dense forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoniThis is probably the largest species of the bee-eater family.

Side by side: Blue-bearded Bee-eater vs Red-bearded Bee-eater

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