Rainbow Bee-eater

Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

彩虹蜂虎

    Size : 19–21 cm (with streamers, up to 7 cm more); 20–33 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Latham, 1801, New South Wales, Australia)
  – Breeds in Australia, including Rottnest I (SW Western Australia) and SW islands in Torres Strait, and in E New Guinea (at least Port Moresby area and Ramu Valley); possibly also in E Lesser Sundas. S populations winter in N of breeding range, mainly in and around New Guinea; also W throughout Wallacea.

Date : 04 September 2018

Location : Marinda Airport Road, Distrik Waigeo Selatan, Kabupaten Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia