Novament: Rainbow Bee Eater

Rainbow Bee Eater

Small green bee eater with turquoise blue back rump and vent. Its upper back and wings are turquoise green and its lower back and under tail coverts are blue.

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Fairly long black rectangular tail with long needle like central tail feathers.

Rainbow bee eater. It is the only species of meropidae found in australia. The rainbow bee eater is a striking brightly coloured bird that measures 19 24 centimetres 75 94 inches in length from top the tail tip and has an average weight of 27 grams. It has a golden crown and a red eye set in a wide black stripe from the base of the bill to the ears which is edged with a thin blue line.

A striking colourful bird the rainbow bee eater is medium sized with a long slim curved bill and a long tail with distinctive tail streamers. Juvenile lacks central tail feathers and is olive gray with some yellow on throat. Rainbow bee eaters tend to settle or forage around beehives as a source of food.

It prefers areas near the lakes and rivers. Orange crown yellow orange throat with black patch. The rainbow bee eater merops ornatus is a near passerine bird in the bee eater family meropidae.

A striking colourful bird the rainbow bee eater is medium sized with a long slim curved bill and a long tail with distinctive tail streamers. Rainbow bee eaters are brilliantly colored birds that grow to be 7 to 8 inches in length including the elongated tail feathers. It has a golden crown and a red eye set in a wide black stripe from the base of the bill to the ears which is edged with a thin blue line.

It is the only species of meropidae found in australia. For honey harvesters and entomologists the birds are known as pests and were often shot for bounty during the early 1900s. The rainbow bee eater merops ornatus is a near passerine bird in the bee eater family meropidae.

Male had longer tail feathers. It can be found in australia eastern indonesia papua new guinea and solomon islands. Rainbow bee eater inhabits open woodlands scrublands mangroves sandy pastures farmlands and orchards.

Rainbow bee eater is a tree dwelling bird that belongs to the bee eater family.

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