Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridis
Summary 2
The Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) is a species of bird in the Meropidae family. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
It is a common breeding migrant in Singapore.
It nests in sand banks.
It can be confused with the migrant Blue-tailed Bee-eater, which has orange throat, black eye band, and greenish cap and mantle.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Tan Kok Hui
- Adaptado por Tan Kok Hui del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops_viridis
