Bee-eaters
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Merops philippinus
The blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India.
- Family
- Bee-eaters
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Weight
- 34 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 18
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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