Asian Green Bee-Eater
The ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ (๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ) is a near ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ bird in the ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ.
It is ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ but prone to ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ and is found widely distributed ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ from ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ through the ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ to ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฆ.They are mainly ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ and they are found in ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ and ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ often quite ๐๐๐ซ from ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
It is about ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ with about ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ made up by the ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ-๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. The sexes are ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐. The entire ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ is ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง and ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ with ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ especially on the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง and ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐๐ญ.The ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง and ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค are ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ with ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ. The ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ are ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ with ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง and ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ with ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ก. A ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ runs ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ and ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ the ๐๐ฒ๐. The ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ is ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง and the ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ is ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค while the ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ are ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฒ
Bee-eaters predominantly eat ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, especially ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฌ and ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, which are ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ by sorties from an open perch. Before swallowing prey, a bee-eater ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ and ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ by ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ it on the perch.
Awesome.
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