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Asian Green Bee-eater
Sign in to saveAlso known as Merops orientalis, Little green bee-eater
species of bird
Species
Asian Green Bee-eater
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Merops
- Mass
- 18
- Image
- WilpattuNationalPark - February 2018 - Green bee-eater (1).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Merops orientalis
- Commons category
- Merops orientalis
- Commons gallery
- Merops orientalis
- wingspan
- 0.231
- litter size
- 5.7
- egg incubation period
- 15
- taxon common name
- abelharuco-verde-asiático
- short name
- M. orientalis
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as the little green bee-eater, and just green bee-eater, is a bird species in the bee-eater family. It is resident or with short-distance seasonal movements, and is found widely distributed across Asia from coastal southern Iran east through the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam. Populations in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that were formerly assigned to this species (under the name green bee-eater) are now considered to be distinct species, the African green bee-eater and the Arabian green bee-eater. 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.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asian Green Bee-eater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.