Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chiefly tropical Old World birds of the family Meropidae that have brightly colored plumage and feed on bees and wasps.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which eats bees, as a bird; an apiaster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds especially on bees. The European species (
Merops apiaster ) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. - noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various brightly-coloured,
insectivorous , near-passerine birds in the familyMeropidae , especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
Etymologies
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Examples
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The blue-bearded bee-eater exploits the defensive behavior exhibited by giant honey bees, Apis dorsata, by deliberately provoking guard bees to defend their nest.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Response: This is an adult blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni formerly, Alcemerops athertonii; protonym, Merops athertoni also sometimes known as the blue-necked bee-eater, photographed in Thailand.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Although mainly foraging using aerial sallies, the blue-bearded bee-eater also gleans insects from tree bark.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Mystery bird: Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus
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Response: This is an adult blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Although mainly foraging using aerial sallies, the blue-bearded bee-eater also gleans insects from tree bark.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Here is a video of a blue-bearded bee-eater sitting in a tree in dense forest, looking alert, but it is not doing much else filmed in India: You are invited to review all of the daily mystery birds by going to their dedicated graphic index page.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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The blue-bearded bee-eater exploits the defensive behavior exhibited by giant honey bees, Apis dorsata, by deliberately provoking guard bees to defend their nest.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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Here is a video of a blue-bearded bee-eater sitting in a tree in dense forest, looking alert, but it is not doing much else filmed in India: You are invited to review all of the daily mystery birds by going to their dedicated graphic index page.
Mystery bird: blue-bearded bee-eater, Nyctyornis athertoni 2011
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