Green bee-eater
| Green bee-eater | |
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| ssp. orientalis | |
| Scienteefic clessification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Merops orientalis Latham, 1802 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Merops viridis Neumann, 1910 |
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The Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) (sometimes little green bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater faimily. It is resident but prone tae saisonal movements an is foond widely distributit athort sub-Saharan Africae frae Senegal an The Gambie tae Ethiopie, the Nile valley, wastren Arabie an Asie through Indie tae Vietnam.[2] Thay are mainly insect eaters an thay are foond in grassland, thin scrub an forest eften quite far frae watter. Several regional plumage variations are kent an several subspecies hae been named.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Merops orientalis". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 16 Julie 2012.
- ↑ Fry, C.H. & Fry, K. (1992). Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters and Rollers. A Handbook. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-7136-8028-8.
