Common, breeding summer migrant.
Merops ornatus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Central West NSW | Riverina Murray | New South Wales North Coast | Hume | Loddon Mallee | Greater Brisbane | Wide Bay | Central Queensland | Mackay | Townsville | North Queensland | Top End and Big Rivers | South East South Australia | Kimberley | Pilbara | Central and Barkley
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Maps
ANBG Aranda Bushland Barneys Hill/Mt Stranger Black Flat at Corrowong Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Bullen Range Callum Brae Campbell Park Woodland Cotter Reserve Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant Gigerline Nature Reserve Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Goulburn Mulwaree Council Hall Horse Paddocks Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lanyon - northern section A.C.T. Lower Molonglo Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Majura Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Mulligans Flat Namadgi National Park Namarag NR Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut Piney Ridge Point Hut to Tharwa Queanbeyan River Red Hill Nature Reserve Rugosa Stony Creek Stony Creek Nature Reserve Strike-a-Light TSR Swamp Creek Tharwa Bridge The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill Urambi Hills Uriarra Recreation Reserve Uriarra TSR West Belconnen Pond West Goulburn Bushland Reserve Woodstock Nature Reserve Yerrabi PondPlaces
Denman Prospect, ACT Hall, ACT Strathnairn, ACT Tharwa, ACT