Red-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis amictus(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
English (US) Red-bearded Bee-eater
The Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meropidae (Bee-eaters) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nyctyornis amictus
- Family
- Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-bearded Bee-eater
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops amictus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Bencoolen, Sumatra.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.52, vol.4 pl.310
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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