物以类聚…(Birds of a feather…)

这不仅仅是一个名字。栗子头的蜂食动物确实会整天扑在蜇人的昆虫后面。除了蜜蜂，它们还以黄蜂、大黄蜂和其他昆虫为食。今天图片中的这些鸟在尼泊尔的巴迪亚国家公园，但它们在许多其他南亚国家都有发现，从印度、孟加拉国到斯里兰卡和泰国。它们在飞行途中捕捉猎物，回到栖息处，在那里它们可以击败蜇伤的昆虫，使其眩晕，这使它们可以安全食用。这些鸟是为狩猎而设计的：它们耀眼的绿色羽毛有助于在斑驳的丛林光线中伪装它们，它们弯曲的喙非常适合精确地捕捉昆虫，它们的眼睛可以单独移动，这使它们更适合发现蜜蜂。
原文：
It's not just a name. Chestnut-headed bee-eaters really do spend their days swooping after stinging insects. As well as bees, they also feast on wasps, hornets and other bugs. The birds in today's image are in Bardia National Park in Nepal, but they're found across many other South Asian countries, from India and Bangladesh to Sri Lanka and Thailand. They catch their prey in mid-flight, returning to a perch where they can beat stinging insects to stun them, which makes them safe to eat. These birds are designed to hunt: their dazzling green plumage helps camouflage them in dappled jungle light, their curved beak is perfect for picking off insects with precision and their eyes can move individually, which makes them all the better for spotting bees.
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