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Merops albicollis
Small (some 20cm in body length) and slender bee-eater, easily distinguished by its black stripped white head (face) and black breast band. It shows blue-green upperparts, and light green breast and belly. The adult (portrayed here) sports a long tail streamers, 10-12 cm long; they are absent in juvenile birds. Gregarious bird.
An african species of bee-eater, here seen in semi-dry savannah micro-environment of Tuti Island in Khartoum - almost urban.
Spotted on May 27, 2014
Submitted on Dec 7, 2017
12 Comments
Awesome series Zlatan,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thank you all guys!
Beautiful bird and pics! Congrats.
An excellent spotting and much-deserved SOTD, Zlatan. Congratulations. Great photo seriess and info too. You put a lot of effort into your spottings, so please know it's appreciated :)
Congratulations Zlatan! Lovely shots!
Wow! Thank you all.
Congratulations. What an attractive bird. Thank you.
Congrats Zlatan! Great spotting and pics!
Congratulations. Super series and a beautiful bird..
Congratulations Zlatan, your White-throated Bee-eater is our Spotting of the Day!
I did find another wild one on the site (search function was playing up at the time), but certainly not from Sudan. It's nice to have your juveniles too.
"So elegant with its long tail streamers! This distinctive White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is our Spotting of the Day. This species is found in sub-Sahara Africa, and breeds in dry sandy open land. Unlike other bee-eaters, it feeds mainly on ants and beetles.
Read more about this bird here: https://buff.ly/2AlsaAy "
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Wow! Thank you Daniele - and I was just about to post another spotting of the same species - but juveniles, and seen on another spot and months earlier...
A beee eater few of us will have a chance to see in real life! First appearance for this species on Project Noah. Thank you Zlatan!