bee-eaters

Northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus)

Lumped the now split Bucerotiformes and Coraciiformes together since they fit well in one thread, so why not. Overall this is a bit of a sad one, many species on the brink of disappearing altogether from North America. Cutoff date was extended a bit due to less information readily available from...

There we are again. Following suit on our previous threads (Birds of Paradise in captivity, Cotingas in captivity, Barbets in captivity, Manakins in captivity), @Vision and I have been working on a list for yet another family of wonderful birds in captivity, namely Bee-eaters. A couple thoughts...