(http://www.gloire-au-michoud.com/cqe/28.jpg)
sacré jsf lol
(http://bird.incoming.jp/19/jpgl/3266-1%20051019-1%20Northern%20Carmine%20Bee-eater.jpg) (http://www.fatbirder.com/photos/5c2fb816724427a1afc16164d92bba62Malawi.jpg)
(http://www.justbirds.org/Gambia/Northern%20carmine%20bee-eater.jpg)
(http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/coraciiformes/images/guepier.ecarlate.yvth.3g.jpg)
Carmine Bee Eaters
scientific name
merops nubicus
size/weight/height
Body Length: 14-15 in.
Weight: 1.5-2 oz.
Wingspan: 11-12.5 in.
adaptations/coloration
Color: monomorphic (both sexes same color) - head & throat greenish blue, upper parts & belly bright carmine red, rump pale cobalt blue, wings & tail deep carmine red - central tail feathers elongated
Bill: black
Legs & Feet: frosted gray
Tail: streamers measure up to 5 in.
Beak: long, curved
Voice: metallic double call-note "took, took"
behavior
gregarious; - roosts in flocks - use sheep and goats as animated perch, sometime also the Kori Bustard - strongly attracted to bush fires preying on fleeing insects - breaks off stinger of bees, wasps and hornets by rubbing against perch, expresses venom before eating
Nest: burrow excavated in earthen or sandy bank begun by flying head first in to dirt to make a dent - tunnels to nest 3 to 6 ft. & ~2.5 across - chamber at end - breeds in colonies - nest in colonies of 100-1000 pairs, sometimes up to 10,000 pairs - Density of nest can be up to 60 per sq. meter of cliff face
reproduction/lifespan
Eggs laid Feb &June
Clutch: 2 - 3 eggs at lower altitude, 3 - 5 at higher elevations
Incubation: ~20 days, fledge in 20-25 days
diet
Wild: insectivorous, mainly flying insects, also grasshoppers, locusts, rarely small fish - they regurgitate firm pellets of insect sclerites several times a day - more than 60% of diet is stinging insects, more than 25% honeybees (considered a pest at apiaries) - can distinguish between venomless drones and stinging workers to choose latter - can devenom the honeybee while in flight
Zoo: mealworms, wax worms, fly larvae and bees
habitat/range
Near rivers in coastal bush, savanna and bush county in eastern and southern Africa
status
common
note
There are two sub-species. We are unsure of our specific sub-species because of unclear records on country of origin.
Elanion Mon Amour
(http://www.justbirds.org/Senegal/Scissor-tailed%20kite.jpg)
que c'est beau le guépier écarlate :shock:
et l'élanion, ce n'est pas un faucon aux yeux rouges ? ah oui c'est bien ça :D
Wen
Oui faucon insectivore, très rare en france contrairement aux fauculs
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ah ah ah
mais je crois savoir qu'il est de moins en moins rare avec le réchauffement climatique. J'avais lu d'autres choses sur lui, mais je ne m'en souviens plus...
Et surtout avec les insecticides - car c'est un rapace insectivore, comme le crecerelette.
Au passage, sais-tu que le réchauffement climatique ne se passe pas seulement sur terre ? Mais sur les autres planètes qui nous environnent aussi ?
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/artic ... cal+Agenda (http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/128521-Climate+Change+Swindlers+and+the+Political+Agenda)
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/artic ... inction%21 (http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/128992-Forget+About+Global+Warming%3A+We%27re+One+Step+From+Extinction%21)
non je ne le savais pas, je lirais les docs, merci