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Rainbow Bee Eaters

Description:

Tiny and bright green

Habitat:

Hastings point, I've also seen some in Byron Bay before.

1 Species ID Suggestions

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater


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5 Comments

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

Rainbow bee-eaters are the only species of the family Meropidae
to occur in Australia

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Actually these are Blue Tailed Bee-eaters (Merops philippinus javanicus)
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php...

KatieAshton-Mckenzie
KatieAshton-Mckenzie 12 years ago

Aha! Your right, Rainbow bee eaters, thanks for putting me on the right path!!!

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

Bee Eaters definitely

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Small Bee eaters..!!

2488, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Nov 6, 2011
Submitted on Nov 7, 2011

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