MEROPIDAE
RED-BEARDED BEE-EATER 

Location : Hutan Simpan Papan, Perak
Date : ‎‎‎‎16 ‎September ‎2019

32–35 cm Male: Shaggy red beard, purplish-pink forecrown, broad black undertail-tip. Female: Like male but forehead usually red.  Juvenile: Mostly green head and breast. pale bluish on lores/forehead, whiter belly/vent, duller tail with narrower terminal band. VOICE Loud gruff chachachacha.., quo-qua qua-qua and slightly descending, chattering kak kak-ka-kaka-ka... Guttural croaking aark, kwok and kwakwakoo googoo. HABITAT Broadleaved evergreen forest, rarely wooded gardens; up to 1,525 m (<1,220 m Pen Malaysia). RANGE Un/lc R Tenasserim, W,S Thailand, Pen Malaysia.