Species profile
Australian bee eater
Merops ornatus
Quick answer
Australia to New Guinea, Solomons, Gr. and Lesser Sundas
- Scientific name
- Merops ornatus
- Family
- Meropidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Merops
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Australian bee eater in your journal
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Related species in Meropidae
- African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus)
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis)
- Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri)
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater (Merops variegatus)
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)