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Merops philippinus |
Linnaeus, 1766 |
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Family: bee-eaters |
Order: Coraciiformes |
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Blue-tailed bee-eater |
Guêpier à queue d'azur |
Abejaruco coliazul |
Blauschwanzspint |
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)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (2001) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |