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Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1766 Family: bee-eaters Order: Coraciiformes print version
Blue-tailed bee-eater Guêpier à queue d'azur Abejaruco coliazul Blauschwanzspint
Migration: partial

Verbreitungskarte von Merops philippinus A summer visitor to N Pakistan, N India and Himalayan State; common in Pakistan from Apr to Oct, flocks sometimes 1000-strong departing in mainly SE direction; although resident in Sri Lanka, better known there as a winter visitor from Oct or Nov to Mar or Apr. in SE Asia, too, it is breeding visitor in N and a resident but also a conspicuous winter visitor in S; passage of over 150 birds an hour heading S occur on W coastal plains of Malaysia in Aug-Oct, and large flocks return across Malacca Strait in Mar-Apr. Migrants have occurred on Andaman and Nicobar Is. Fairly common resident in Philippines, where also thought to be a winter visitor. Mainly resident in New Guinea, but thousands seen in R Bensbach region in Dec were probably immigrants.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 2001)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)