1 Blue-throated bee tiger (scientific name: merops viridis) is a medium-sized bird with a body length of 26 to 28 cm. The head to the top of the back is chestnut red or chocolate, the eyeliner is black, the waist and tail are blue, the wings are blue, the waist and long tail are light blue, and the central tail feathers are elongated into a needle shape, which is obviously protruding from the outside. The chin throat is blue, the rest of the lower body and wings are green. The mouth is slender and pointed, black,
China is mainly distributed in the southeast of Yunnan (Liu bird), southern Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan Island (Liu Bird), Fujian, Taiwan (Lost Bird) and Hong Kong (Lost Bird), sometimes extending north to Hunan, Jiangxi, and even to southern Henan.
Migration: Migration occurs in April to May in the spring and September to October in autumn.
Diet: Feeds mainly on various bees, but also eats other insects. He prefers to stay on perching trees and wait for passing insects; occasionally picks up insects from the surface of the water or the ground.
The breeding season is from May to July. During the breeding season, flocks of birds gather in the sandy area, nest in the ground cave, and lay 4 eggs per nest.