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Sighting 4239660

Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater at Paddys River, ACT

Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
Merops ornatus at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Nov 2019 10:56 AM
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Identification history

Merops ornatus 4 Nov 2019 natureguy
Merops ornatus 2 Nov 2019 RodDeb

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User's notes

Could hear lots of Bee-eaters and saw a flock of about 30 of them fly off but luckily several stayed around. 32 is a very conservative estimate of how many there were.

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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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