chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

Query: meropidae

Result: 129^th of 165

Subject:	chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)
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Description
Merops quinticolor = Merops leschenaulti
Date 1850-1883
Source The Birds of Asia. Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/stream/BirdsAsiaJohnGoIGoul#page/n159/mode/1up
Author John Gould, HC Richter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeropsLeschenaultiGould.jpg

The chestnut-headed bee-eater or bay-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India east to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Scientific Name: Merops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817 Common Names: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Bay-headed Bee-eater French: Guêpier de Leschenault German: Braunkopfspint Spanish: Abejaruco cabecirrufo Taxonomy: Merops Leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817, Java; error = Sri Lanka.

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