Description
Nyctyornis athertoni
Date 1850-1883
Source The Birds of Asia. Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/stream/BirdsAsiaJohnGoIGoul#page/n171/mode/1up
Author John Gould, HC Richter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NyctyornisAthertoniGould.jpg

The blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) is a large species of bee-eater found in much of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Nyctyornis
Species: Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby, 1830)
Synonyms:
Merops athertoni
Alcemerops athertoni