Asian Green Bee-eater

Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

Asian Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

绿喉蜂虎 (lǜ-hóu fēng-hǔ)

    Malay : Berek-Berek Hijau Asia

    Japanese : ミドリハチクイ (midori hachi-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 緑蜂喰

Taxonomy update for 2022

Green Bee-eater (Yellow-throated), Green Bee-eater (Arabian),
and Green Bee-eater (Russet-crowned) are split as
African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus), Arabian Green Bee-eater
(Merops cyanophrys), and Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis).
- African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus)
- Arabian Green Bee-eater (Merops cyanophrys)
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

Potential contact areas include the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, where
African Green Bee-eater may occur on the west side of the peninsula close to
Arabian Bee-eaters and parts of Iraq, where Arabian Bee-eaters to the
south approach Asian Bee-eaters to the north and east. fortunately each
species is readily identified by its face coloration and throat color.
Individuals in Africa are primarily green, while individuals in Asia have green foreheads and blue throats, and Middle Eastern birds’ foreheads and throats are both blue.

      Size : 16-18 cm; 15-20 g; Wingspan : 8.9-9.7 cm

    

      Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Merops orientalis orientalis (Latham, J 1802)
  – Western India (Rann of Kutch) east to Bangladesh and south through the Indian peninsula.
• Merops orientalis ceylonicus (Whistler, H 1944)
  – Sri Lanka.
• Merops orientalis beludschicus (Neumann, OR 1910)
  – North end of Persian Gulf to Baluchistan and w India.
• Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps (Anderson, J 1879)
  – Assam and Myanmar to Vietnam.

1st Peninsula Malaysia & Malaysia Record !!!

Merops orientalis ssp. ferrugeiceps
Date : 18 December 2022

Location : Kampung Hutan Putus, Bandar Kuala Kedah, Daerah Kota Setar, Kedah

Merops orientalis ssp. ferrugeiceps
Date : 18 December 2022

Location : Kampung Hutan Putus, Bandar Kuala Kedah, Daerah Kota Setar, Kedah