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(Little) Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Many shades of green, chestnut brown, black, touch of white...a riot of colours and a trilling call that is melodious.

Habitat:

At night they sit side by side almost huddling on a branch...never been able to photograph this because there is never enough light and they disperse at dawn.

Notes:

It hits the poor bee repeatedly before eating it. Apparently this way the sting falls off and the bird can ingest the bee withing risking hurt.

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Green Bee-eater

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Comments (3)
AustinC
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 22, 2014

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