• Synonyms Blue-bearded Bee Eater, Blue bearded Bee eater
  • Old latin name for bird Alcemerops athertoni, Nyctiornis amherstiana, Napophila athertoni, Merops assamensis, Napophila meropina, Bucia nipalensis, Merops athertoni, Buccia athertoni, Nyctiornis caeruleus, Alcemerops paleazureus, Merops cyanogularis

Blue-bearded Bee-eaterbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, song, could be courtship, © Mandar Bhagat
    India
  • 2.
    Call, © Mike Nelson
    Cambodia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Blue-bearded Bee-eater

  • Breeding region Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion widespread

Blue-bearded Bee-eater subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Nyctyornis athertoni athertoniIndia to Indochina and n Malay Pen.-No
Nyctyornis athertoni brevicaudatusHainan I. (off se China)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliনীরদাচড় ঳ুিআমচাযা , নীলদাড়ি সুইচোরা
Catalanabellerol barbablau
Chinese夜蜂虎, (蓝须)夜蜂虎, 蓝须夜蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional)夜蜂虎, 藍鬚夜蜂虎
Croatianplavobrada pčelarica
Czechvlha modrobradá, Vlha nocní
DanishBlåskægget Biæder
DutchBlauwbaardbijeneter, Blauwbaard-bijeneter
EsperantoBlubarba abelmanĝulo
Estoniansinihabe-mesilasenäpp
Finnishsiniampiaissyöjä
FrenchGuêpier à barbe bleue
GermanBlaubartspint
Hungarianindiai remetegyurgyalag
ItalianGruccione barbazzurra, Gruccione barbablu
Japaneseアオムネハチクイ
LithuanianMėlynasis bitininkas, melsvabarzdis naktinis bitininkas
Malayalamകാട്ടു വേലിത്തത്ത, കാട്ടുവേലിത്തത്ത
Nepaliमधुमक्षी भक्षका
Norwegianblåskjeggbieter
Norwegian NynorskBlåskjeggbietar
Polishzolna brodata, żołna brodata
PortugueseAbelharuco-azuláceo, abelharuco-de-barba-azul
RussianСинебородая щурка, Синебородая ночная щурка
SerbianPlavobrada pčelarica
SlovakVčelárik modrobradý, bradáčnik modrobradý, bradácnik modrobradý
Slovenianmodrobradi legat
SpanishAbejaruco Barba Azul, Abejaruco barbiazul, Abejaruco Barbirrojo
Swedishblåskäggig biätare
TamilKattu Panchuruttan
Tatarкүк сакаллы төңге корташар
Thaiนกจาบคาเคราน้ำเงิน
TurkishGök Sakallı Arıkuşu
Ukrainianбджолоїдка велика
VietnameseTrảu lớn, Chim Trảu lớn