Blue-breasted bee-eater characteristics. It has a blue stripe over the black eye stripe, an orange-red iris, a white cheek and a bright yellow throat. Furthermore, like many members of the Meropidae family, they have a wide chest band. Its chest band is made up of two colours, a deep purple-blue gorget above a chestnut coloured breastband . Juveniles of the blue-breasted bee-eater have buff flanks and belly. They have a yellow-buff chin that leads to a light green mottled breast. Juveniles also completely lack a chest band. The little bee-eaters and the cinnamon-chested bee-eater are both very similar to the blue-breasted bee-eater.
Black-and-yellow phainoptila the air, though not often. Usually found alone or pairs, forms loose flocks after breeding season. Call is a high, sharp, thin "tsit" or "tseep", suggesting a much smaller bird. Appears to not sing. The nest is a compact, bulky, cup of green moss, thin stems and fern fronds. Found 5–13 ft. (1.5–4 m) up in a dense shrup or sapling. Lays 2 spotted, greyish-white eggs. Nesting occurs from April to May. Black-and-yellow phainoptila The black-and-yellow phainoptila or black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher ("Phainoptila melanoxantha") is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phainoptila. It is