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Nominate Subspecies : breeding pair, male (right) giving food to female
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, 24 April 2017

Merops orientalis

Identification

16-18cm (6¼-7 in)

Green upper parts

Head and underpart colours vary according to subspecies

Green wings
Black beak

Sexes similar

Distribution

Asia from Iran to Vietnam and south to Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

Juvenile, subspecies M. o. ferrugeiceps
Photo © by Nook
Na Ngua, Phetchabun, Thailand, June 2017

Subspecies

Subspecies M. o. ferrugeiceps
Photo © by nothinghill
Thailand, January 2018

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

M. o. beludschicus:

From the north end of Persian Gulf to Baluchistan and western India

M. o. orientalis:

western India (Rann of Kutch) east to Bangladesh and south through the Indian peninsula

M. o. ceylonicus

Sri Lanka

M. o. ferrugeiceps:

From Assam and Myanmar to Vietnam

Habitat

Around water bodies, river sides, open cultivated areas, scrub forests, parks and gardens, open woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

They catch bees and other insects in flight and retun to the same perch to batter them to remove the sting before eating.

Breeding

Nests are made in a tunnel in sandy banks. The 4 to 8 spherical white eggs are incubated by both the male and the female.

Vocalisation

Recording by Alok Tewari
Nazafgarh Wetlands, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, March-2015
A pair, ssp. orientalis, calling while examining a mud-embankment for possible nesting site, early summer-time.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

Juvenile, nominate subspecies
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Manger Bani Forest, Aravali Hills, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, June-2018

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

AvianWeb
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Asian Green Bee-eater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Asian_Green_Bee-eater

External Links

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-'''Alternative name: Little Green Bee-eater'''
 [[Image:green_bee-eater_alok_2.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Nominate Subspecies : breeding pair, male (right) giving food to female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Basai, Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], 24 April 2017]]
 ;[[:Category: Merops|Merops]] orientalis
+==Identification==
-==Identification==
-[[Image:15842Bee eaters.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''M. o. cyanophrys''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Simonph|Simonph}}<br />Dubai, [[UAE]], December 2004]]
 -18cm (6¼-7 in)
 *Green upper parts
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 Sexes similar
 ==Distribution==
+[[Asia]] from [[Iran]] to [[Vietnam]] and south to [[Sri Lanka]].
-[[Africa]], [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]]:<br />
-'''Northern Africa''': [[Libya]], [[Egypt]]<br />
-'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Mali]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]]<br />
-'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]]<br />
-'''Middle East''': [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Iraq]], [[Iran]]<br />
-'''Asia''': [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]]<br />
-'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]]
 ==Taxonomy==
 [[Image:Lgbe-3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile, subspecies ''M. o. ferrugeiceps''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Nook|Nook}}<br />Na Ngua, Phetchabun, [[Thailand]], June 2017]]
 ====Subspecies====
 [[Image:1B9A3472.gif|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''M. o. ferrugeiceps''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|nothinghill|nothinghill}}<br />[[Thailand]], January 2018]]
-There are 9 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
-* ''M. o. viridissimus''	:
-:*Savanna of [[Senegal]] to [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Sudan]]
-* ''M. o. flavoviridis'':
-:*Subdesert steppes of [[Chad]] to Red Sea coast of [[Sudan]]
-* ''M. o. cleopatra'':
-:*Nile Valley (Lake Nasser to delta)
-* ''M. o. cyanophrys'':
-:*[[Arabia|Arabian]] Peninsula
-* ''M. o. najdanus'':
-:*Central Arabian plateau
 * ''M. o. beludschicus'':
 :*From the north end of Persian Gulf to Baluchistan and western [[India]]
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 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Avibase
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.1}}
 #AvianWeb
 #BF Member observations
 {{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|"Merops orientalis" {{!}} "Green Bee-eater" {{!}} "Little Green Bee-eater"}}
+{{GSearch|"Merops orientalis" {{!}} "Asian Green Bee-eater", -Africa, -Arabia, -"middle east"}}
 {{GS-checked}}
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