Blue-throated Bee-eater

Merops viridis

Very seldom we can see this bird in urban area, always found them in the higher land near jungle.

Elsa 11 years ago

Merops viridis Blue-throated Bee-eater

Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Great series of photos to tell this story! I especially like photo 2

ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks Elsa, Stian Waaler for the ID and MArtinl for you like.

MartinL 11 years ago

that's neat, caught in the act

Stian Waaler 11 years ago

I think you're right Elsa, that this is a Blue-Throated ;)

Elsa 11 years ago

It does resemble the chestnut-headed BE but because of the colouration of the throat I think this might be the Blue-Throated :)

Elsa 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Spotted by
ShaumingLo

Spotted on Feb 19, 2013
Submitted on Feb 20, 2013