Summary ⁷

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.

It is a common migrant in Singapore.

It can be confused with the breeding migrant Blue-throated Bee-eater, which has blue throat, and chestnut cap and mantle.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tan Kok Hui
2. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips03?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSp4u6i5fP2Ow#5747128858267512322
3. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips?authkey=Gv1sRgCPOn8Zj6hvX1jwE#5741976398410405186
4. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5799011035875344994
5. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5799011070377839154
6. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips?authkey=Gv1sRgCPOn8Zj6hvX1jwE#5742397187776213730
7. Adapted by Tan Kok Hui from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops_philippinus

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