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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti

Notes:

This unknown subspecies of bee-eater was spotted on a multiple day safari in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

5 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Welcome augustgray... expecting more and more such beautiful Organisms from your homeland in your expanding collection.

There are only 3 sub-species of this and only ones is found in Sri Lanka, the first one in this list.
Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti Sri Lanka and sw India to Thailand, Indochina and Malay Pen.
Merops leschenaulti andamanensis Andaman Islands
Merops leschenaulti quinticolor Java and Bali

augustgray
augustgray 11 years ago

Thanks for the id Ashish!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Beauty...!!

augustgray
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Katharagama UP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 28, 2012
Submitted on Oct 28, 2012

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