Birds of Italy by Marianne Taylor Daniele Occhiato

Author:Marianne Taylor,Daniele Occhiato
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472949837
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Published: 2018-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

EUROPEAN BEE-EATER Merops apiaster 27cm

Spectacular, unmistakeable multicoloured bird, slim and elongated with large head. Blue underparts and flight feathers, orange-brown upperparts with yellow shoulders, yellow throat outlined in black. Bill long, down-curved, eye red. Central tail feathers protrude as long spike. Juvenile a little paler and drabber, green tinted on upperparts. Very graceful in flight, pointed wings are pale underneath with black trailing edge. Call a pleasant rolling prrrt. Catches insect prey on the wing. Gregarious, nests in colonies in burrows dug into sand-banks or riversides. Open scrubby countryside in warm lowlands with plenty of insect life. A widespread summer visitor.

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