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    • Merops orientalis
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    • Green Bee-eater

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Recent Observations

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What

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

Observer

kueda

Date

Aug 28, 2011 11:23 AM IST

Place

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India (Google, OSM)
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What

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

Observer

vishalbhave

Date

the past

Place

Ratnagiri, india (Google, OSM)
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What

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

Observer

reshmapitale

Date

Feb 17, 2008

Place

19.0075..., 72.8475... (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

The Green Bee-eater, Merops orientalis, (sometimes Little Green Bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident in a belt across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam.

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.