| Little
Green Bee-eater |
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 Photo by notmicrobutsoft
( Camera-Robbed Once Again) ©
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2007
|
Green Bee-eater |
Alternate name |
| Merops orientalis |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Meropidae |
Family |
| 21cm
|
Length |
| Dry savanna,
shrubland, hot desert, agricultural land, often near water, up to 2,500 m in:- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cambodia, Central African
Republic, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates,
Uganda, Vietnam & Yemen. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 3-5 White eggs care by
both parents and other helpers. |
Clutch |
| Flying insects which
it hawks from a perch. |
Food Diet |
| |
Habits |
| 1171 |
World Number |
Least
concern |
Status |
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