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Common Name

Green Bee Eater

Alternate Names

Little Green Bee Eater

Common Type

Bee Eater

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Meropidae

Genus

Merops

Species

orientalis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Bangladesh, Myanmar,

Number of Sub-Species

Nine Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident with some seasonal movement in response to rainfall

Preferred Habitat

Grasslands, think scrub and forests often very far from water

Distribution and Range

Widely distributed in Sub Sahara Africa

Food

From low perch spots, then flies out to catch on the wing: bees, wasps and hornets plus ants and beetles.

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