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Posted on May 18, 2007 by petrel41

European bee-eaters

Today, a bee-eater was seen in Amsterdam.

This beautiful bird, more common around the Mediterranean, is rare in the Netherlands.

Here is a rare photo of a group of those birds in the northern Netherlands.

Little bee-eaters: here.

k.sathish kumar on March 25, 2009 at 9:26 am said:

it’s a very fantastic realistic lovable birds. i like very much this photo.

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Administrator on March 25, 2009 at 10:44 am said:

Hi k. satish kumar, thanks for commenting. This species winters in India.

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Dorothy on August 5, 2011 at 1:26 pm said:

I am reading a book that takes place in Egypt. It mentioned “bee eaters” being beautiful so wanted to see what they looked like. They are!!! Thanks for the lovely picture and info.

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Administrator on August 5, 2011 at 1:33 pm said:

Hi Dorothy, thanks for commenting. In Egypt, besides the species pictured here, there are two more bee-eater species, extremely rare to absent in the Netherlands: blue-cheeked bee-eater and green bee-eater.

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