Green Bee Eater at Chintamani kar Bird Sanctuary

Green bee eater is found at Chintamani kar bird sanctuary. You can find more details about Chintamani Kar Bird Sancutary in our homepage. Here is the details of Green Bee Eater. It's scientific name is Merops orientalis. This bird is listed in birds list of CKBS.

Details:
Common Name: Green Bee Eater
Scientific Name: Merops orientalis
Systemic Position:
                          Kingdom: Animalia
                             Phylum: Chordata
                                 Class: Aves
                                    Order: Coraciiformes
                                        Family: Meropidae
                                           Genus: Merops
                                              Species: orientalis
Identifying Characters:
1. The species is richly colored, slender bird.
2. The entire plumage is bright green and tinged with blue especially on the chin and throat.
3. It is about 9 inches (16- 18cm) long with about 2 inches made up by the elongated central tail feathers.
Conservation Status: Least concern (IUCN 3.1)
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Source: Wikipedia