Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Purple-bearded Bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni) - HBW 6, p. 327
French: Guêpier des Célèbes
German: Celebesspint
Spanish: Abejaruco de Célebes
Other common names: Sulawesi/Celebes (Bearded) Bee-eater
Taxonomy: Meropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850, Sulawesi.
Bears startling resemblance to W African Merops breweri in some aspects of plumage and long, attenuated central rectrices, but bill shape and beardedness differ, and there is no good reason to suppose that the two are closely related. Monotypic.
Distribution: Locally in N, C & SE Sulawesi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult on a branch looking for prey Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 5 years ago 39 sec 4.9 -
An adult capturing a prey and eating it Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 5 years ago 43 sec 4.7 -
An adult on a twig, rubbing its bill and looking around Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 5 years ago 42 sec 4.5 -
An adult foraging Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 5 years ago 56 sec 4.2 -
An adult stretching the wings, gaping and preening, and another one scratching its head Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 5 years ago 54 sec 4.2 -
side view perched, looking around Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 31 August 2011 1 year ago 21 sec 3.8
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A bird perched near a gully eating a cicada.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Ben Schweinhart 1 September 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a branch, stretching the wing.
Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 1 July 2007 27 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 September 2005 20 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a low branch.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 24 October 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 1 July 2007 27 weeks ago 3.2
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calls. Locality Anaso track, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(Monotypic species)
herve jacob 18 October 2012 29 weeks ago 0
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