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Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ 1828)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Vivek Sudhakaran 2021-09-15 Nelliyampathy Ghat Road, Palakkad, Kerala, India, Palakkad (India)   -   372282411
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Mandar Bhagat 2020-10-18 Siddhanath Parwat, North Goa, Goa, North Goa (India) (90 m) Could be courtship, call, song -

2-3 birds were seen

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 598923
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni athertoni Frank Lambert 2014-03-13 Cát Tiên National Park, Tân Phú, Dong Nai, Dong Nai (Vietnam) (140 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 200727
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Mandar Bhagat 2020-10-18 Siddhanath Parwat, North Goa, Goa, North Goa (India) (90 m) Could be courtship, call, song -

3-4 individuals were seen

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 598921
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni athertoni Frank Lambert 2014-03-13 Cát Tiên National Park, Tân Phú, Dong Nai, Dong Nai (Vietnam) (140 m) call -

Two cuts pasted together

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 200728
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Marc Anderson 2014-07-25 KM 16-18, Kaengkrachan NP, Phetchaburi (Thailand) (380 m) call - [sono] 197851
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Marc Anderson 2013-01-02 Bardia National Park, Bheri, Mid-Western Region, Bheri (Nepal) (160 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 202082
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 2024-12-25 良凤江国家森林公园, Nanning, Guangxi, Nanning (China) (100 m) call - [sono] 963956
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Desmond Lobo 2026-02-14 , Sindhudurg (India)   -   653489726
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Patrik Åberg 2012-12-31 Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Dong Nai (Vietnam) (70 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 125335
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Sharad Apte 2016-05-07 , Uttara Kannada (India)   -   117786651
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni athertoni Mike Nelson 2012-11-11 Tingtibi, Zhemgang, Shemgang (Bhutan) (550 m) call -

A distant pair calling from below the road from trees they just landed in.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 115172
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni David Darrell-Lambert 2025-06-17 Song Phi Nong, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan (Thailand) (130 m) call - [sono] 1007319
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Mandar Bhagat 2015-12-13 Gudi,Salcet, South Goa (India) (10 m) call, flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 298377
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Jue Lei 2025-03-31 西双版纳热带植物园热带雨林, Xi Shuang Ban Na Dai Zu Zi Zhi Zhou, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Prefecture (China) (600 m)   - [sono] 1040802
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni David Darrell-Lambert 2025-06-17 Song Phi Nong, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan (Thailand) (130 m) call - [sono] 1007320
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni David Farrow ?-?-? ?, India (India) (? m) calls (A) -   19597
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni David Edwards ?-9-2007 Doi Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai (Thailand) (500 m) calls (A) -   19013
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Vivek Sudhakaran 2021-09-15 Nelliyampathy Ghat Road, Palakkad, Kerala, India, Palakkad (India)   -   372282401
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni athertoni Agris Celmins 2018-11-21 Mae Surin Waterfall NP, Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son (Thailand) (550 m) call -

Seen before recording, but not when recording started. Normalized to -12db, up from -32db.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 639258
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Anand Birdlife 2026-05-10 , Kanniyakumari (India)   -   657249712
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Patrik Åberg 2012-12-29 Tmat Boey, Preah Vihear Province, Preah Vihéar (Cambodia) (70 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 124203
xeno-canto.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Angeline Mano M 2022-02-19 Yercaud, Salem ???????, ?????, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, Salem (India)   -   419304641
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-bearded Bee-eater - Nyctyornis athertoni Paul Lynch 2024-01-15 Huai Mae Phriang (near Huai Mae Priang), Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan (Thailand) (280 m) song - [also] [sono] 916906
xeno-canto.org
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