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green bee-eater

Merops orientalis ceylonicus

Habitat:

Savannah like grassland.

Notes:

I saw this little guy while stopped to view mugger crocodiles in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

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Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago


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5 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Beautiful bird!
Welcome to the community august!

augustgray
augustgray 11 years ago

You are absolutely right, when I was i.d-ing it, I mistook it for a bee-eater that lives in my local region of northeast Asia.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

yes, Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis).

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Blue throated do not have Green heads...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-throat...
This should be Green Bee-eater...Beludschicus race...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

So cute,,,,

augustgray
Spotted by
augustgray

Katharagama UP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 30, 2011
Submitted on Oct 30, 2012

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