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The rainbow bee-eater is the only species of Meropidae found in Australia and is monotypic. [2] [3] Its closest relative is most likely the olive bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) of southern and eastern Africa, [3] but molecular phylogenetic analysis places the rainbow bee-eater as closest relative with the European bee-eater (M. apiaster). [4]
Bee-eater nests may be raided by rats and snakes, [38] and the adults are hunted by birds of prey such as the Levant sparrowhawk. [39] The little bee-eater and red-throated bee-eaters are hosts of the greater honeyguide and the lesser honeyguide, both brood parasites. The young honeyguides kill the bee-eater's chicks and destroy any eggs.
Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters, a group of birds in the family Meropidae, native to Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The members of this family are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers.
Rainbow bee-eater. Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae. 1 species recorded [1 extant native] The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia, and New Guinea.
Vulture bees are reddish-brown in colour, featuring only a few lighter hairs on their thorax, and range in length from 8–22 millimetres (0.31–0.87 in). [1] As with many types of stingless bee, vulture bees have strong, powerful mandibles, which are used to tear off flesh.
English: tree Martin, Fairy Martin, and Australian Bee-eater, ca. 1863-1875, by Silvester Diggles or Rowena Birkett, watercolours from original manuscript of 'Ornithology of Australia,', State Library of New South Wales, 9PQ8Olrn
Finding Australian Birds, authored by Tim Dolby and Rohan Clarke (2014), features the best places in Australia for finding birds. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds , the pre-eminent scientific reference, in seven volumes. The New Atlas of Australian Birds, an extensive detailed survey of Australian bird distributions.
The blue-faced honeyeater was first described by ornithologist John Latham in his 1801 work, Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae.However, he described it as three separate species, seemingly not knowing it was the same bird in each case: the blue-eared grackle (Gracula cyanotis), the blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops cyanops), and the blue-cheeked thrush (Turdus ...