Blue-cheeked bee-eater: Merops persicus

Blue-cheeked bee-eater: Merops persicus

Blue-cheeked bee-eater: Merops persicus

 

IUCN Status: Least Concern

 

Features:-

 

Summer visitor

Passage migrant

Bronze-green tail

Whitish forehead

Turquoise and white supercilium

Black eye stripe

Turquoise and green ear coverts

Yellow chin

Chestnut throat

Upperparts and underparts are rich green with turquoise wash

 

 

Photographed at Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India on 18.10.2014

Camera used: Nikon D5100 DSLR with Tamron 150-600mm Lens.