Saturday, June 11, 2016

Green Bee-eater at Jakkur Lake, Bangalore

At Jakkur Lake in north Bangalore you can come across many colorful birds. One of them is Green Bee-eater.



They are richly coloured bird.This is a slender bird that is 9 inches long with about 2 inches of elongated central tail-feathers. The entire plumage is bright green and the crown and upper back are tinged with golden rufous. 




A black line runs in front of and behind the eye. The iris is crimson and the bill is black while the legs are dark grey.


They feed on insects, especially bees, wasps and ants. They can be seen mainly in grassland

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