Merops ornatus

Rainbow Bee-eater at Peregian Beach, QLD

Merops ornatus at Peregian Beach, QLD - 19 Aug 2016
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Identification history

Merops ornatus 21 Jul 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Merops ornatus 20 Jul 2019 natureguy
Unidentified 3 May 2019 AaronClausen

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 19 Aug 2016 10:41 AM Recorded on
  • AaronClausen Recorded by

Species information

  • Merops ornatus Scientific name
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 749.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 226 images trained Machine learning

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