Red-bearded Bee-eater

Red-bearded Bee-eaterThe Red-bearded Bee-eater has long red throat feathers that hang like a beard. It perches in Southeast Asian evergreen forest and waits for flying insects.What does it look like?Adult males have long, loose red throat feathers and a broad mauve-red area on the front of the head. Females have a narrower red line from the forehead and a smaller mauve area.How does it live?The Red-bearded Bee-eater has long red throat feathers that hang like a beard. It perches in Southeast Asian evergreen forest and waits for flying insects.It hunts alone or in pairs, waiting on a perch before catching flying insects such as bees, beetles, and termites. It uses the middle and lower parts of evergreen forest canopies.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.