Summary ²

The Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India.

Monotypic, Palawan. ³

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1. (c) Anne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8479164@N06/4690351998
2. Adapted by Carmelo López Abad from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merops_philippinus
3. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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