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Little Green Bee eater

Merops orientalis

Description:

The Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) (sometimes Little Green Bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident but prone to seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam.[2] They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.

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7 Comments

mcaul6515
mcaul6515 11 years ago

Your welcome :)

thanks

mcaul6515
mcaul6515 11 years ago

That is beautiful!

thanks all :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

sweet.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

very nice!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful bright colors! Nice spot!

Matara, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 9, 2012
Submitted on Jan 9, 2013

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