Rainbow Bee-eater

Australian Wildlife / Birds - Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Bee-eater / Rainbow Bee-eater

Details

Name:
Rainbow Bee-eater

Scientific Name:
Merops ornatus

Reference Number:
BED-104

Description

Order Coraciiformes; Family Meropidae - Scientific name: Merops ornatus; Common name: Raibow Bee-eater – Female - Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states - Distribution outside Australia: overwinters in Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia west to Wallace zoogeographical line.

Additional Details

Scientific Name:	Merops ornatus
Reference Number:	BED-104