Nesting biology of blue-cheeked bee-eater in the Fergana valley of Uzbekistan

Abstract

In current paper the data on nesting biology of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus L.) in the conditions of Fergana valley of Uzbekistan are presented. The basic attention was given to a spring arrival and flying away of bee-eaters, a nested life, digging of a hole, laying eggs, hatching nestlings, post-embryonic growth and development of nesting, ethology and the acoustic signal system of blue-cheeked Bee-eater. Presence of distress signals of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater for the first time is revealed, that has great value in management of behavior of birds in beekeeping husbandry of Uzbekistan.