The Red-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus), is a species of large bee-eater found in the Indo-Malayan subregion of Southeast Asia. This species is found in openings in patches of dense forest. Like other bee-eaters, they are colorful birds with long tails, long decurved beaks and pointed wings. They are large bee-eaters, predominantly green, with a red colouration to face that extends on to the slightly hanging throat feathers to form the “beard”. Like other bee-eaters, they nest in burrows tunnelled into the side of sandy banks, but do not form colonies.