Possible Clues:

• Insectivorous bird
• Relative of a kingfisher
• Bird that dines on stingers
• Colorful bird named for its diet
• Guardsman dropping fine bird
• A variety of honeybird?
• Bird slips aside into whisk
• Yeoman losing tip of finger (one going for the buzzer)
• Yeoman of the guard releasing female bird
• Tower guard loses fine bird