Bee-eaters (Meropidae)

Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) - HBW 6, p. 327

French: Guêpier à fraise German: Rotbartspint Spanish: Abejaruco Barbirrojo
Other common names: Red-breasted Bee-eater

Taxonomy: Merops amictus Temminck, 1824, Bengkulu, Sumatra.
Species name often listed as amicta, but genus was originally established without a specified combination, and must therefore, in accordance with International Code of Zoological ­Nomenclature, be treated as masculine. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Myanmar (S from Dawna Range) and SW Thailand (Petchaburi District) S through Malay Peninsula to Johore, including Penang I; also Sumatra and Bangka I, and throughout lowland Borneo.