Sunday 28 August 2011

Green Bee Eater





Name: Green Bee Eater
Size: 20 Cms
Appearance: A Small birds with bright green underparts and Dark green wings characterized by a thin central tail pin. Black stripes on eye lashes helps to act as sun glasses. 
Habitat: Found across India downwards Gangetic planes. can be seen sitting in groups on tress, wires and doing sorties in air to catch insects. Mostly lives in burrows on the banks of water bodies. Eats insects by catching them in air.
Sound:  A noisy tree... tree... voices often made during flight. 

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