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Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater at Greenway, ACT

Merops ornatus at Greenway, ACT - 19 Nov 2014 07:41 PM
Merops ornatus at Greenway, ACT - 19 Nov 2014 07:41 PM
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Identification history

Merops ornatus 3 Feb 2016 MichaelBedingfield
Merops ornatus 3 Feb 2016 ArcherCallaway

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3 comments

AaronClausen wrote:
   23 May 2015
I've never seen one of these guys. Totally cool little dude!
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   23 May 2015
Hi Aaron. They have an amazing range of colours and very much deserve the rainbow title. They are relatively common along the Murrumbidgee in summer at Pine Island and Tharwa.
AaronClausen wrote:
   23 May 2015
Very very cool Michael. I'll keep an eye out.

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Species information

  • Merops ornatus Scientific name
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 749.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 251 images trained Machine learning
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