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Blue-tailed bee-eater
The blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia where many populations are strongly migratory and seen seasonally in many parts but breeding colonially in small areas across their range, mostly in river valleys, where the nest by tunneling into loamy sandbanks. They are seen mostly in open habitats close to water.
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Location: Dhaka Bangladesh
Photo credit: © Badal Chandra Sarker / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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