Merops orientalis  Latham, 1801

Asian Green Bee-eater
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: orientalis
  • Common names: Asian Green Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater
  • Thai names: นกจาบคาเล็ก
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Merops orientalis [orientalis or ceylonicus]: Rann of Kutch to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
    Merops orientalis beludschicus: North end of Persian Gulf to Baluchistan and w India
    Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps: Assam and Myanmar to Vietnam
    Merops orientalis viridissimus: Savanna of Senegal to Eritrea, Ethiopia and w Sudan
    Merops orientalis flavoviridis: Subdesert steppes of Chad to Red Sea coast of Sudan
    Merops orientalis cleopatra: Nile Valley (Lake Nasser to delta)
    Merops orientalis cyanophrys: Arabian Peninsula
    Merops orientalis muscatensis: Central Arabian plateau
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population increasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong), Chiang Mai (Hot), Chonburi (Pattaya)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Merops orientalis from Thailand.
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Green bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps (Latham,1801) Cheelong Chaiyaphum January
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Green bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps (Latham,1801) Pattaya Chonburi December
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Green bee-eater Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps (Latham,1801) Hot, Chiang Mai, February 2016
References:
​[1] Avibase - accessed 23 June 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2017. Merops orientalis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22725876A119972083. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22725876A119972083.en. Downloaded on 23 June 2020.​​
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.