Blue-throated bee-eater
| Blue-throated bee-eater | |
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| Danum Valley, Borneo, Malaysia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Meropidae |
| Genus: | Merops |
| Species: | M. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Merops viridis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines (where it is called manunubing),[2] Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Subspecies M. v. americanus of The Philippines is sometimes considered a distinct species, the rufous-crowned bee-eater, M. americanus.
In captivity
This species is very rare in captivity.The Weltvogelpark Walsrode in Germany kept this species between 1999 & 2004.
References
- Collar, N.J. 2011. Species limits in some Philippine birds including the Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus. Forktail number 27: 29-38.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Merops viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Kennedy, Robert (2000). "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines".
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